diff --git a/drivers/pci/msi.c b/drivers/pci/msi.c
index a59d673d074e5492abab9b3e7a16d23e61b9a28b..dd0a259e3aaa1e58c76a3d26a1dcb1d2a580a06e 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/msi.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/msi.c
@@ -1014,24 +1014,6 @@ void pci_disable_msix(struct pci_dev *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_disable_msix);
 
-/**
- * msi_remove_pci_irq_vectors - reclaim MSI(X) irqs to unused state
- * @dev: pointer to the pci_dev data structure of MSI(X) device function
- *
- * Being called during hotplug remove, from which the device function
- * is hot-removed. All previous assigned MSI/MSI-X irqs, if
- * allocated for this device function, are reclaimed to unused state,
- * which may be used later on.
- **/
-void msi_remove_pci_irq_vectors(struct pci_dev *dev)
-{
-	if (!pci_msi_enable || !dev)
-		return;
-
-	if (dev->msi_enabled || dev->msix_enabled)
-		free_msi_irqs(dev);
-}
-
 void pci_no_msi(void)
 {
 	pci_msi_enable = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 466bcd111d85d80916af2f7592dec3c3c539e441..66bd22fec38feeb9fc6b093ca734246a3812dbb9 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -1186,7 +1186,6 @@ int pci_msix_vec_count(struct pci_dev *dev);
 int pci_enable_msix(struct pci_dev *dev, struct msix_entry *entries, int nvec);
 void pci_msix_shutdown(struct pci_dev *dev);
 void pci_disable_msix(struct pci_dev *dev);
-void msi_remove_pci_irq_vectors(struct pci_dev *dev);
 void pci_restore_msi_state(struct pci_dev *dev);
 int pci_msi_enabled(void);
 int pci_enable_msi_range(struct pci_dev *dev, int minvec, int maxvec);
@@ -1217,7 +1216,6 @@ static inline int pci_enable_msix(struct pci_dev *dev,
 { return -ENOSYS; }
 static inline void pci_msix_shutdown(struct pci_dev *dev) { }
 static inline void pci_disable_msix(struct pci_dev *dev) { }
-static inline void msi_remove_pci_irq_vectors(struct pci_dev *dev) { }
 static inline void pci_restore_msi_state(struct pci_dev *dev) { }
 static inline int pci_msi_enabled(void) { return 0; }
 static inline int pci_enable_msi_range(struct pci_dev *dev, int minvec,