diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 48ffb1d685c2435b47d9ef0a2d37a37a5bd3f112..71d2a89bbd1d485780a9eefe4e3f6c7ac7e97780 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ static dev_t nvme_chr_devt;
 static struct class *nvme_class;
 static struct class *nvme_subsys_class;
 
-static void nvme_ns_remove(struct nvme_ns *ns);
 static int nvme_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk);
 static void nvme_put_subsystem(struct nvme_subsystem *subsys);
 static void nvme_remove_invalid_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,