diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h
index 82ec23a7329d..d7a3e8fddb20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h
@@ -630,8 +630,6 @@ struct ath12k {
 
 struct ath12k_hw {
 	struct ieee80211_hw *hw;
-	struct ath12k_base *ab;
-
 	/* Protect the write operation of the hardware state ath12k_hw::state
 	 * between hardware start<=>reconfigure<=>stop transitions.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
index 1f00a2362ae6..bc2da8530651 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
@@ -9254,7 +9254,6 @@ static struct ath12k_hw *ath12k_mac_hw_allocate(struct ath12k_base *ab,
 
 	ah = ath12k_hw_to_ah(hw);
 	ah->hw = hw;
-	ah->ab = ab;
 	ah->num_radio = num_pdev_map;
 
 	mutex_init(&ah->hw_mutex);