diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index e3194aa797f793bf40bc8fa5dd9ca153a9ce93ee..8224e96b5808d4d191fe975697efd244409ac2cb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1105,15 +1105,6 @@ int nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_revalidate_inode);
 
-int nfs_revalidate_inode_rcu(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
-{
-	if (!(NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity &
-			(NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_LABEL))
-			&& !nfs_attribute_cache_expired(inode))
-		return NFS_STALE(inode) ? -ESTALE : 0;
-	return -ECHILD;
-}
-
 static int nfs_invalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index cb631973839a7ff7dd10a8426de10d3a30393e9a..fe2e7810ae809c694d41ea2cb8ae459973dc3281 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ extern int nfs_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int nfs_attribute_timeout(struct inode *inode);
 extern int nfs_attribute_cache_expired(struct inode *inode);
 extern int nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode);
-extern int nfs_revalidate_inode_rcu(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode);
 extern int __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *, struct inode *);
 extern bool nfs_mapping_need_revalidate_inode(struct inode *inode);
 extern int nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping);