diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 7cbb7b79935eceb6e269a0f49ef4ab86021c5ead..3003831c771d73624f78a27705a3518d72756c2a 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -2166,18 +2166,6 @@ const struct file_operations def_blk_fops = {
 	.fallocate	= blkdev_fallocate,
 };
 
-int ioctl_by_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
-{
-	int res;
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	res = blkdev_ioctl(bdev, 0, cmd, arg);
-	set_fs(old_fs);
-	return res;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioctl_by_bdev);
-
 /**
  * lookup_bdev  - lookup a struct block_device by name
  * @pathname:	special file representing the block device
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1a95e5158811334332f6c25499c40d727ebb507e..861ca61d728bc90e062d3b1532f5f375b47b0d69 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2636,7 +2636,6 @@ extern int sync_filesystem(struct super_block *);
 extern const struct file_operations def_blk_fops;
 extern const struct file_operations def_chr_fops;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-extern int ioctl_by_bdev(struct block_device *, unsigned, unsigned long);
 extern int blkdev_ioctl(struct block_device *, fmode_t, unsigned, unsigned long);
 extern long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned, unsigned long);
 extern int blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, void *holder);