diff --git a/module/bdev/aio/bdev_aio.c b/module/bdev/aio/bdev_aio.c
index f7c26d885..b39f5ec4d 100644
--- a/module/bdev/aio/bdev_aio.c
+++ b/module/bdev/aio/bdev_aio.c
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ struct bdev_aio_task {
 	struct iocb			iocb;
 	uint64_t			len;
 	struct bdev_aio_io_channel	*ch;
-	TAILQ_ENTRY(bdev_aio_task)	link;
 };
 
 struct file_disk {