diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index b7d35a4afefb2d39e5f39a55b3056a13e620a1bc..140c496f612c4920c9a7819556f35841357e5aaa 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1026,26 +1026,6 @@ __be32 nfsd_read(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	return err;
 }
 
-/* As above, but use the provided file descriptor. */
-__be32
-nfsd_read_file(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
-		loff_t offset, struct kvec *vec, int vlen,
-		unsigned long *count)
-{
-	__be32		err;
-
-	if (file) {
-		err = nfsd_permission(rqstp, fhp->fh_export, fhp->fh_dentry,
-				NFSD_MAY_READ|NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
-		err = nfsd_vfs_read(rqstp, file, offset, vec, vlen, count);
-	} else /* Note file may still be NULL in NFSv4 special stateid case: */
-		err = nfsd_read(rqstp, fhp, offset, vec, vlen, count);
-out:
-	return err;
-}
-
 /*
  * Write data to a file.
  * The stable flag requests synchronous writes.
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.h b/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
index 7441e9655eb71599205a13afde724b51a3a7a0c8..91b6ae3f658b4503e4c14fe01dee64b9c12d6dc4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ int		nfsd_readv(struct file *, loff_t, struct kvec *, int,
 				unsigned long *);
 __be32 		nfsd_read(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,
 				loff_t, struct kvec *, int, unsigned long *);
-__be32 		nfsd_read_file(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *, struct file *,
-				loff_t, struct kvec *, int, unsigned long *);
 __be32 		nfsd_write(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,struct file *,
 				loff_t, struct kvec *,int, unsigned long *, int *);
 __be32		nfsd_readlink(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,