diff --git a/nptl/pthread_rwlock_trywrlock.c b/nptl/pthread_rwlock_trywrlock.c
index 5a73eba756..b423648ad6 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_rwlock_trywrlock.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_rwlock_trywrlock.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ __pthread_rwlock_trywrlock (pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock)
 	  r | PTHREAD_RWLOCK_WRPHASE | PTHREAD_RWLOCK_WRLOCKED))
 	{
 	  atomic_store_relaxed (&rwlock->__data.__writers_futex, 1);
-	  atomic_store_relaxed (&rwlock->__data.__wrphase_futex, 1);
 	  atomic_store_relaxed (&rwlock->__data.__cur_writer,
 	      THREAD_GETMEM (THREAD_SELF, tid));
 	  return 0;