diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index dd288148a6b15..3888341913ef7 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2726,10 +2726,6 @@ extern void free_inode_nonrcu(struct inode *inode);
 extern int should_remove_suid(struct dentry *);
 extern int file_remove_privs(struct file *);
 extern int dentry_needs_remove_privs(struct dentry *dentry);
-static inline int file_needs_remove_privs(struct file *file)
-{
-	return dentry_needs_remove_privs(file->f_path.dentry);
-}
 
 extern void __insert_inode_hash(struct inode *, unsigned long hashval);
 static inline void insert_inode_hash(struct inode *inode)