diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/aiutils.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/aiutils.c
index 4b908f785178..7907b15ee437 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/aiutils.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/aiutils.c
@@ -2028,7 +2028,7 @@ static char *ai_devpathvar(struct si_pub *sih, char *var, int len,
 }
 
 /* return true if PCIE capability exists in the pci config space */
-static __used bool ai_ispcie(si_info_t *sii)
+static bool ai_ispcie(si_info_t *sii)
 {
 	u8 cap_ptr;