diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 41733c5..657569b 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@
 static struct class *bdi_class;
 
 /*
- * bdi_lock protects updates to bdi_list and bdi_pending_list, as well as
- * reader side protection for bdi_pending_list. bdi_list has RCU reader side
+ * bdi_lock protects updates to bdi_list. bdi_list has RCU reader side
  * locking.
  */
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(bdi_lock);
 LIST_HEAD(bdi_list);
-LIST_HEAD(bdi_pending_list);
 
 void bdi_lock_two(struct bdi_writeback *wb1, struct bdi_writeback *wb2)
 {