diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index c90f633d0b57..574707409bbf 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ static void fuse_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	kmem_cache_free(fuse_inode_cachep, inode);
 }
 
-static void fuse_read_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	/* No op */
-}
-
 void fuse_send_forget(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req,
 		      unsigned long nodeid, u64 nlookup)
 {
@@ -515,7 +510,6 @@ static struct inode *get_root_inode(struct super_block *sb, unsigned mode)
 static const struct super_operations fuse_super_operations = {
 	.alloc_inode    = fuse_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode  = fuse_destroy_inode,
-	.read_inode	= fuse_read_inode,
 	.clear_inode	= fuse_clear_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
 	.remount_fs	= fuse_remount_fs,