diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
index bfd74c032fcaa33b7c50b066fbc5f9333ca6387d..4da91ad69e0d6abbd717a1fafcd0bfe3221ede54 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ extern int panic_on_unrecovered_nmi;
 
 void math_error(void __user *);
 void math_emulate(struct math_emu_info *);
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-unsigned long patch_espfix_desc(unsigned long, unsigned long);
-#else
+#ifndef CONFIG_X86_32
 asmlinkage void smp_thermal_interrupt(void);
 asmlinkage void mce_threshold_interrupt(void);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 5204332f475d86e1caa1ede6bb39fcc28b78d13f..236794110207cd562eeebd9461af2de251aaf113 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -786,27 +786,6 @@ do_spurious_interrupt_bug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 #endif
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-unsigned long patch_espfix_desc(unsigned long uesp, unsigned long kesp)
-{
-	struct desc_struct *gdt = get_cpu_gdt_table(smp_processor_id());
-	unsigned long base = (kesp - uesp) & -THREAD_SIZE;
-	unsigned long new_kesp = kesp - base;
-	unsigned long lim_pages = (new_kesp | (THREAD_SIZE - 1)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	__u64 desc = *(__u64 *)&gdt[GDT_ENTRY_ESPFIX_SS];
-
-	/* Set up base for espfix segment */
-	desc &= 0x00f0ff0000000000ULL;
-	desc |=	((((__u64)base) << 16) & 0x000000ffffff0000ULL) |
-		((((__u64)base) << 32) & 0xff00000000000000ULL) |
-		((((__u64)lim_pages) << 32) & 0x000f000000000000ULL) |
-		(lim_pages & 0xffff);
-	*(__u64 *)&gdt[GDT_ENTRY_ESPFIX_SS] = desc;
-
-	return new_kesp;
-}
-#endif
-
 asmlinkage void __attribute__((weak)) smp_thermal_interrupt(void)
 {
 }