diff --git a/include/linux/bottom_half.h b/include/linux/bottom_half.h
index 777dbf695d449e4b0d03346a8b5c39877ee34d97..27b1bcffe40853e8e1f6c1f629525c94ec2a343e 100644
--- a/include/linux/bottom_half.h
+++ b/include/linux/bottom_half.h
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #define _LINUX_BH_H
 
 extern void local_bh_disable(void);
-extern void __local_bh_enable(void);
 extern void _local_bh_enable(void);
 extern void local_bh_enable(void);
 extern void local_bh_enable_ip(unsigned long ip);
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index e7c69a720d69a0a7d9166c21883e05d2521cb26a..8d9934b4162aee2215fc9d7e13c639b90533e398 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -102,20 +102,6 @@ void local_bh_disable(void)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(local_bh_disable);
 
-void __local_bh_enable(void)
-{
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(in_irq());
-
-	/*
-	 * softirqs should never be enabled by __local_bh_enable(),
-	 * it always nests inside local_bh_enable() sections:
-	 */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(softirq_count() == SOFTIRQ_OFFSET);
-
-	sub_preempt_count(SOFTIRQ_OFFSET);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__local_bh_enable);
-
 /*
  * Special-case - softirqs can safely be enabled in
  * cond_resched_softirq(), or by __do_softirq(),