diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
index 2521a95fa6d98597d1fafe4d4cff23ce9dc0f069..aa506cadea672e1fc4816af8a91b068e47c944f5 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ struct ceph_msg_pos {
 #define CLOSED		10 /* we've closed the connection */
 #define SOCK_CLOSED	11 /* socket state changed to closed */
 #define OPENING         13 /* open connection w/ (possibly new) peer */
-#define DEAD            14 /* dead, about to kfree */
 #define BACKOFF         15
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index 1a80907282cc261137bf11f4d4bb8f4e8ede7419..42ca8aab6dcf0cc7a3bbedf7432436b6e7c08ef3 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -2087,12 +2087,6 @@ static int try_read(struct ceph_connection *con)
  */
 static void queue_con(struct ceph_connection *con)
 {
-	if (test_bit(DEAD, &con->state)) {
-		dout("queue_con %p ignoring: DEAD\n",
-		     con);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if (!con->ops->get(con)) {
 		dout("queue_con %p ref count 0\n", con);
 		return;