diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index a8a1bf976290..fcfb295363cc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ static void class_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 
 	pr_debug("class '%s': release.\n", class->name);
 
-	class->p = NULL;
-
 	if (class->class_release)
 		class->class_release(class);
 	else
@@ -206,7 +204,6 @@ int class_register(struct class *cls)
 	cp->subsys.kobj.kset = class_kset;
 	cp->subsys.kobj.ktype = &class_ktype;
 	cp->class = cls;
-	cls->p = cp;
 
 	error = kset_register(&cp->subsys);
 	if (error)
@@ -222,7 +219,6 @@ int class_register(struct class *cls)
 
 err_out:
 	kfree(cp);
-	cls->p = NULL;
 	return error;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_register);
diff --git a/include/linux/device/class.h b/include/linux/device/class.h
index 9cb5db0588c8..f7aad64e256a 100644
--- a/include/linux/device/class.h
+++ b/include/linux/device/class.h
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ struct class {
 	void (*get_ownership)(const struct device *dev, kuid_t *uid, kgid_t *gid);
 
 	const struct dev_pm_ops *pm;
-
-	struct subsys_private *p;
 };
 
 struct class_dev_iter {