diff --git a/include/ntfs-3g/index.h b/include/ntfs-3g/index.h
index 97044938..aa81b0b4 100644
--- a/include/ntfs-3g/index.h
+++ b/include/ntfs-3g/index.h
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ typedef struct {
 	int parent_pos[MAX_PARENT_VCN];  /* parent entries' positions */
 	VCN ib_vcn;
 	VCN parent_vcn[MAX_PARENT_VCN]; /* entry's parent nodes */
-	int max_depth;	     /* number of the parent nodes 	*/
 	int pindex;	     /* maximum it's the number of the parent nodes  */
 	BOOL ib_dirty;
 	u32 block_size;
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/index.c b/libntfs-3g/index.c
index 247fbd12..52fcf28b 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/index.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/index.c
@@ -789,7 +789,6 @@ done:
 	icx->entry = ie;
 	icx->data = (u8 *)ie + offsetof(INDEX_ENTRY, key);
 	icx->data_len = le16_to_cpu(ie->key_length);
-	icx->max_depth = icx->pindex;
 	ntfs_log_trace("Done.\n");
 	if (err) {
 		errno = err;