diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 6f93bda7e408..8c6a04111fde 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -611,8 +611,6 @@ static void wq_add(struct mqueue_inode_info *info, int sr,
 {
 	struct ext_wait_queue *walk;
 
-	ewp->task = current;
-
 	list_for_each_entry(walk, &info->e_wait_q[sr].list, list) {
 		if (walk->task->prio <= current->prio) {
 			list_add_tail(&ewp->list, &walk->list);