diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
index ad11311be072..c86cc55e3981 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ module_param(low_power, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ifname, " Net interface name, wlan%d=default");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(initmac, "MAC-Address, default: use FUSE");
 
-static uint loadparam(struct _adapter *padapter, struct  net_device *pnetdev);
 static int netdev_open(struct net_device *pnetdev);
 static int netdev_close(struct net_device *pnetdev);