diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 947ac6d5602f2..412033d8cfdfb 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -411,19 +411,6 @@ static struct fdtable *close_files(struct files_struct * files)
 	return fdt;
 }
 
-struct files_struct *get_files_struct(struct task_struct *task)
-{
-	struct files_struct *files;
-
-	task_lock(task);
-	files = task->files;
-	if (files)
-		atomic_inc(&files->count);
-	task_unlock(task);
-
-	return files;
-}
-
 void put_files_struct(struct files_struct *files)
 {
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&files->count)) {
diff --git a/include/linux/fdtable.h b/include/linux/fdtable.h
index 4ed3589f9294e..d0e78174874af 100644
--- a/include/linux/fdtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/fdtable.h
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ struct file *task_lookup_next_fd_rcu(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int *fd)
 
 struct task_struct;
 
-struct files_struct *get_files_struct(struct task_struct *);
 void put_files_struct(struct files_struct *fs);
 int unshare_files(void);
 struct files_struct *dup_fd(struct files_struct *, unsigned, int *) __latent_entropy;