diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 0d9967fef528..591a171291d9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ struct drbd_epoch_entry *drbd_alloc_ee(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
 	e->size = data_size;
 	e->flags = 0;
 	e->sector = sector;
-	e->sector = sector;
 	e->block_id = id;
 
 	return e;