diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 6a417f795b52..c14cf2410365 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -2369,7 +2369,6 @@ static struct stripe_head *alloc_stripe(struct kmem_cache *sc, gfp_t gfp,
 		atomic_set(&sh->count, 1);
 		sh->raid_conf = conf;
 		sh->log_start = MaxSector;
-		atomic_set(&sh->bitmap_counts, 0);
 
 		if (raid5_has_ppl(conf)) {
 			sh->ppl_page = alloc_page(gfp);
@@ -3566,7 +3565,6 @@ static void __add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_head *sh, struct bio *bi,
 		spin_unlock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 		md_bitmap_startwrite(conf->mddev->bitmap, sh->sector,
 				     RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf), 0);
-		printk("%s: %s: start %px(%llu+%lu) %u\n", __func__, mdname(conf->mddev), sh, sh->sector, RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf), atomic_inc_return(&sh->bitmap_counts));
 		spin_lock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 		clear_bit(STRIPE_BITMAP_PENDING, &sh->state);
 		if (!sh->batch_head) {
@@ -3664,12 +3662,9 @@ handle_failed_stripe(struct r5conf *conf, struct stripe_head *sh,
 			bio_io_error(bi);
 			bi = nextbi;
 		}
-		if (bitmap_end) {
+		if (bitmap_end)
 			md_bitmap_endwrite(conf->mddev->bitmap, sh->sector,
 					   RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf), 0, 0);
-			printk("%s: %s: end %px(%llu+%lu) %u\n", __func__, mdname(conf->mddev), sh, sh->sector, RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf), atomic_dec_return(&sh->bitmap_counts));
-		}
-		
 		bitmap_end = 0;
 		/* and fail all 'written' */
 		bi = sh->dev[i].written;
@@ -3713,11 +3708,9 @@ handle_failed_stripe(struct r5conf *conf, struct stripe_head *sh,
 				bi = nextbi;
 			}
 		}
-		if (bitmap_end) {
+		if (bitmap_end)
 			md_bitmap_endwrite(conf->mddev->bitmap, sh->sector,
 					   RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf), 0, 0);
-			printk("%s: %s: end %px(%llu+%lu) %u\n", __func__, mdname(conf->mddev), sh, sh->sector, RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf), atomic_dec_return(&sh->bitmap_counts));
-		}
 		/* If we were in the middle of a write the parity block might
 		 * still be locked - so just clear all R5_LOCKED flags
 		 */
@@ -4066,7 +4059,6 @@ static void handle_stripe_clean_event(struct r5conf *conf,
 					bio_endio(wbi);
 					wbi = wbi2;
 				}
-				printk("%s: %s: end %px(%llu+%lu) %u\n", __func__, mdname(conf->mddev), sh, sh->sector, RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf), atomic_dec_return(&sh->bitmap_counts));
 				md_bitmap_endwrite(conf->mddev->bitmap, sh->sector,
 						   RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf),
 						   !test_bit(STRIPE_DEGRADED, &sh->state),
@@ -5798,13 +5790,11 @@ static void make_discard_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bi)
 		if (conf->mddev->bitmap) {
 			for (d = 0;
 			     d < conf->raid_disks - conf->max_degraded;
-			     d++) {
+			     d++)
 				md_bitmap_startwrite(mddev->bitmap,
 						     sh->sector,
 						     RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf),
 						     0);
-				printk("%s: %s: start %px(%llu+%lu) %u\n", __func__, mdname(conf->mddev), sh, sh->sector, RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf), atomic_inc_return(&sh->bitmap_counts));
-			}
 			sh->bm_seq = conf->seq_flush + 1;
 			set_bit(STRIPE_BIT_DELAY, &sh->state);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.h b/drivers/md/raid5.h
index 247e3039113c..9b5a7dc3f2a0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.h
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ struct stripe_head {
 	int	nr_pages;	/* page array size */
 	int	stripes_per_page;
 #endif
-	atomic_t bitmap_counts;
 	struct r5dev {
 		/* rreq and rvec are used for the replacement device when
 		 * writing data to both devices.