diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c
index 81340c6253eb..b7415d596dbd 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -574,13 +574,6 @@ void cifs_set_oplock_level(struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode, __u32 oplock)
 		cinode->oplock = 0;
 }
 
-static int
-cifs_oplock_break_wait(void *unused)
-{
-	schedule();
-	return signal_pending(current) ? -ERESTARTSYS : 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * We wait for oplock breaks to be processed before we attempt to perform
  * writes.