diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index c0ae8087c6027..9849114b3c08f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1442,9 +1442,6 @@ static void init_clone_info(struct clone_info *ci, struct mapped_device *md,
 	ci->sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
 }
 
-#define __dm_part_stat_sub(part, field, subnd)	\
-	(part_stat_get(part, field) -= (subnd))
-
 /*
  * Entry point to split a bio into clones and submit them to the targets.
  */
@@ -1480,18 +1477,6 @@ static void __split_and_process_bio(struct mapped_device *md,
 						  GFP_NOIO, &md->queue->bio_split);
 			ci.io->orig_bio = b;
 
-			/*
-			 * Adjust IO stats for each split, otherwise upon queue
-			 * reentry there will be redundant IO accounting.
-			 * NOTE: this is a stop-gap fix, a proper fix involves
-			 * significant refactoring of DM core's bio splitting
-			 * (by eliminating DM's splitting and just using bio_split)
-			 */
-			part_stat_lock();
-			__dm_part_stat_sub(dm_disk(md)->part0,
-					   sectors[op_stat_group(bio_op(bio))], ci.sector_count);
-			part_stat_unlock();
-
 			bio_chain(b, bio);
 			trace_block_split(b, bio->bi_iter.bi_sector);
 			submit_bio_noacct(bio);