diff --git a/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h b/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
index 2a03263b5f9d4..23db248a7fdbe 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sunrpc.h
@@ -1141,7 +1141,6 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xprt_writelock_event,
 
 DEFINE_WRITELOCK_EVENT(reserve_xprt);
 DEFINE_WRITELOCK_EVENT(release_xprt);
-DEFINE_WRITELOCK_EVENT(transmit_queued);
 
 DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xprt_cong_event,
 	TP_PROTO(
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 99d07513237e0..586bc9d98de11 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1441,8 +1441,6 @@ bool xprt_prepare_transmit(struct rpc_task *task)
 	struct rpc_xprt	*xprt = req->rq_xprt;
 
 	if (!xprt_lock_write(xprt, task)) {
-		trace_xprt_transmit_queued(xprt, task);
-
 		/* Race breaker: someone may have transmitted us */
 		if (!test_bit(RPC_TASK_NEED_XMIT, &task->tk_runstate))
 			rpc_wake_up_queued_task_set_status(&xprt->sending,