diff --git a/kernel/bpf/cpumap.c b/kernel/bpf/cpumap.c
index 6ae02be7a48e..0a16e30b16ef 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/cpumap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/cpumap.c
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ struct bpf_cpu_map_entry {
 	/* XDP can run multiple RX-ring queues, need __percpu enqueue store */
 	struct xdp_bulk_queue __percpu *bulkq;
 
-	struct bpf_cpu_map *cmap;
-
 	/* Queue with potential multi-producers, and single-consumer kthread */
 	struct ptr_ring *queue;
 	struct task_struct *kthread;
@@ -588,7 +586,6 @@ static long cpu_map_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *key, void *value,
 		rcpu = __cpu_map_entry_alloc(map, &cpumap_value, key_cpu);
 		if (!rcpu)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		rcpu->cmap = cmap;
 	}
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	__cpu_map_entry_replace(cmap, key_cpu, rcpu);