diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5e89d7c60dd3..c7b39394b3d7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 49f474331e563a6ecf3b1e87ec27ec5482b3e4f1
+refs/heads/master: fd2a50a0240f5f5b59070474eabd83a85720a406
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h b/trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
index 139d4c1a33a7..93da9c3f3341 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ extern void die_nmi(char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, int do_panic);
 extern int check_nmi_watchdog(void);
 extern int nmi_watchdog_enabled;
 extern int avail_to_resrv_perfctr_nmi_bit(unsigned int);
-extern int avail_to_resrv_perfctr_nmi(unsigned int);
 extern int reserve_perfctr_nmi(unsigned int);
 extern void release_perfctr_nmi(unsigned int);
 extern int reserve_evntsel_nmi(unsigned int);
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
index 898df9719afb..74f4e85a5727 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
@@ -115,17 +115,6 @@ int avail_to_resrv_perfctr_nmi_bit(unsigned int counter)
 
 	return !test_bit(counter, perfctr_nmi_owner);
 }
-
-/* checks the an msr for availability */
-int avail_to_resrv_perfctr_nmi(unsigned int msr)
-{
-	unsigned int counter;
-
-	counter = nmi_perfctr_msr_to_bit(msr);
-	BUG_ON(counter > NMI_MAX_COUNTER_BITS);
-
-	return !test_bit(counter, perfctr_nmi_owner);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(avail_to_resrv_perfctr_nmi_bit);
 
 int reserve_perfctr_nmi(unsigned int msr)