diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/dma.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/dma.c
index 9dcd90b5df55..79c74659f204 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/dma.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/dma.c
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ static int dma_direct_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sgl,
 	/* FIXME this part of code is untested */
 	for_each_sg(sgl, sg, nents, i) {
 		sg->dma_address = sg_phys(sg) + get_dma_direct_offset(dev);
-		sg->dma_length = sg->length;
 		__dma_sync_page(page_to_phys(sg_page(sg)), sg->offset,
 							sg->length, direction);
 	}