diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 1d3de78e6bc9..43e9e1737de2 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ struct file *get_empty_filp(void)
 	rwlock_init(&f->f_owner.lock);
 	/* f->f_version: 0 */
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&f->f_list);
-	f->f_maxcount = INT_MAX;
 	return f;
 
 over:
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 563abd09b5c8..b60324aaa2b6 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ int rw_verify_area(int read_write, struct file *file, loff_t *ppos, size_t count
 	struct inode *inode;
 	loff_t pos;
 
-	if (unlikely(count > file->f_maxcount))
+	if (unlikely(count > INT_MAX))
 		goto Einval;
 	pos = *ppos;
 	if (unlikely((pos < 0) || (loff_t) (pos + count) < 0))
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 67e6732d4fdc..2036747c7d1f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -594,7 +594,6 @@ struct file {
 	unsigned int		f_uid, f_gid;
 	struct file_ra_state	f_ra;
 
-	size_t			f_maxcount;
 	unsigned long		f_version;
 	void			*f_security;