diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index a6f2bbd709ba725ddacbd71acb7a0be051c2b059..ced7974622ddf0e0ebb5d84177c21b6c11313030 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -165,27 +165,6 @@ nfs_page_group_lock(struct nfs_page *req, bool nonblock)
 	return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
-/*
- * nfs_page_group_lock_wait - wait for the lock to clear, but don't grab it
- * @req - a request in the group
- *
- * This is a blocking call to wait for the group lock to be cleared.
- */
-void
-nfs_page_group_lock_wait(struct nfs_page *req)
-{
-	struct nfs_page *head = req->wb_head;
-
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(head != head->wb_head);
-
-	if (!test_bit(PG_HEADLOCK, &head->wb_flags))
-		return;
-	set_bit(PG_CONTENDED1, &head->wb_flags);
-	smp_mb__after_atomic();
-	wait_on_bit(&head->wb_flags, PG_HEADLOCK,
-		TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-}
-
 /*
  * nfs_page_group_unlock - unlock the head of the page group
  * @req - request in group that is to be unlocked
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_page.h b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
index d67b67ae6c8bfba9ccfdbdbdd1d132e203f22b55..de1d24cedaa24f56dcc5a0e8e01f1ed054d82a6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_page.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ extern  int nfs_wait_on_request(struct nfs_page *);
 extern	void nfs_unlock_request(struct nfs_page *req);
 extern	void nfs_unlock_and_release_request(struct nfs_page *);
 extern int nfs_page_group_lock(struct nfs_page *, bool);
-extern void nfs_page_group_lock_wait(struct nfs_page *);
 extern void nfs_page_group_unlock(struct nfs_page *);
 extern bool nfs_page_group_sync_on_bit(struct nfs_page *, unsigned int);
 extern bool nfs_async_iocounter_wait(struct rpc_task *, struct nfs_lock_context *);