diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
index c730253ab85c..1b680742b7f3 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
@@ -157,10 +157,6 @@ static vm_fault_t fb_deferred_io_track_page(struct fb_info *info, unsigned long
 	/* protect against the workqueue changing the page list */
 	mutex_lock(&fbdefio->lock);
 
-	/* first write in this cycle, notify the driver */
-	if (fbdefio->first_io && list_empty(&fbdefio->pagereflist))
-		fbdefio->first_io(info);
-
 	pageref = fb_deferred_io_pageref_get(info, offset, page);
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!pageref)) {
 		ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index 30183fd259ae..daf336385613 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ struct fb_deferred_io {
 	struct mutex lock; /* mutex that protects the pageref list */
 	struct list_head pagereflist; /* list of pagerefs for touched pages */
 	/* callback */
-	void (*first_io)(struct fb_info *info);
 	void (*deferred_io)(struct fb_info *info, struct list_head *pagelist);
 };
 #endif