diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 98da61e52a4579a9c13827050c2d585179b3b074..d2ed86da8e4c313c4f1be62bd105c05af511dac8 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -3555,16 +3555,6 @@ void ieee80211_cqm_rssi_notify(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 			       enum nl80211_cqm_rssi_threshold_event rssi_event,
 			       gfp_t gfp);
 
-/**
- * ieee80211_get_operstate - get the operstate of the vif
- *
- * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
- *
- * The driver might need to know the operstate of the net_device
- * (specifically, whether the link is IF_OPER_UP after resume)
- */
-unsigned char ieee80211_get_operstate(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
-
 /**
  * ieee80211_chswitch_done - Complete channel switch process
  * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 419301c69582e6d55dddfa665a7e736739c53c87..0c4e26ff7d913764f4c0ba6a6ea566bb02017361 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -3530,10 +3530,3 @@ void ieee80211_cqm_rssi_notify(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 	cfg80211_cqm_rssi_notify(sdata->dev, rssi_event, gfp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_cqm_rssi_notify);
-
-unsigned char ieee80211_get_operstate(struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
-{
-	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = vif_to_sdata(vif);
-	return sdata->dev->operstate;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_get_operstate);