diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/buffer.h b/drivers/staging/iio/buffer.h
index 6fb6e64181a5..df2046dcb623 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/buffer.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/buffer.h
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ struct iio_buffer {
  **/
 void iio_buffer_init(struct iio_buffer *buffer);
 
-void iio_buffer_deinit(struct iio_buffer *buffer);
-
 /**
  * __iio_update_buffer() - update common elements of buffers
  * @buffer:		buffer that is the event source