diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index fb848be0ea7b..3849d3d2dfe1 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -3880,17 +3880,6 @@ static int cgroup_pidlist_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 	return seq_printf(s, "%d\n", *(int *)v);
 }
 
-/*
- * seq_operations functions for iterating on pidlists through seq_file -
- * independent of whether it's tasks or procs
- */
-static const struct seq_operations cgroup_pidlist_seq_operations = {
-	.start = cgroup_pidlist_start,
-	.stop = cgroup_pidlist_stop,
-	.next = cgroup_pidlist_next,
-	.show = cgroup_pidlist_show,
-};
-
 static u64 cgroup_read_notify_on_release(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 					 struct cftype *cft)
 {