diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/physical_ops.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/physical_ops.c
index dbb302ecf590..481b9b6f4a15 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/physical_ops.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/physical_ops.c
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ physical_op_map(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, struct rpcrdma_mr_seg *seg,
 	rpcrdma_map_one(ia->ri_device, seg, rpcrdma_data_dir(writing));
 	seg->mr_rkey = ia->ri_dma_mr->rkey;
 	seg->mr_base = seg->mr_dma;
-	seg->mr_nsegs = 1;
 	return 1;
 }