diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 0d42f635dda9..a888cac76e9c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4008,8 +4008,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_show_ac(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 			(unsigned long)ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len,
 			(unsigned long)ac->ac_b_ex.fe_logical,
 			(int)ac->ac_criteria);
-	ext4_msg(ac->ac_sb, KERN_ERR, "%lu scanned, %d found",
-		 ac->ac_ex_scanned, ac->ac_found);
+	ext4_msg(ac->ac_sb, KERN_ERR, "%d found", ac->ac_found);
 	ext4_msg(ac->ac_sb, KERN_ERR, "groups: ");
 	ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
 	for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.h b/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
index 9347328d1cc5..d634e183b4d4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ struct ext4_allocation_context {
 	/* copy of the best found extent taken before preallocation efforts */
 	struct ext4_free_extent ac_f_ex;
 
-	/* number of iterations done. we have to track to limit searching */
-	unsigned long ac_ex_scanned;
 	__u16 ac_groups_scanned;
 	__u16 ac_found;
 	__u16 ac_tail;