diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c
index 80849bdf45d2..87c286ad660e 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ static struct table_instance *table_instance_alloc(int new_size)
 
 	ti->n_buckets = new_size;
 	ti->node_ver = 0;
-	ti->keep_flows = false;
 	get_random_bytes(&ti->hash_seed, sizeof(u32));
 
 	return ti;
@@ -481,9 +480,6 @@ void table_instance_flow_flush(struct flow_table *table,
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if (ti->keep_flows)
-		return;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < ti->n_buckets; i++) {
 		struct hlist_head *head = &ti->buckets[i];
 		struct hlist_node *n;
@@ -603,8 +599,6 @@ static void flow_table_copy_flows(struct table_instance *old,
 						 lockdep_ovsl_is_held())
 				table_instance_insert(new, flow);
 	}
-
-	old->keep_flows = true;
 }
 
 static struct table_instance *table_instance_rehash(struct table_instance *ti,
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.h b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.h
index 6e7d4ac59353..d8fb7a3a3dfd 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ struct table_instance {
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
 	int node_ver;
 	u32 hash_seed;
-	bool keep_flows;
 };
 
 struct flow_table {