diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
index e143adceb5ce..cc96d1383a56 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
@@ -1097,7 +1097,6 @@ int iwl_tx_queue_reclaim(struct iwl_priv *priv, int txq_id, int index)
 			priv->cfg->ops->lib->txq_inval_byte_cnt_tbl(priv, txq);
 
 		priv->cfg->ops->lib->txq_free_tfd(priv, txq);
-		nfreed++;
 	}
 	return nfreed;
 }