diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/mips/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 77ffece9c270381d856a231350570ddf2d8dd0c3..b9f76f433617d27fe7f548fbf1a283d3d26da2ab 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -58,18 +58,6 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_offset(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	return (pte_t *) pmd;
 }
 
-/*
- * This function checks for proper alignment of input addr and len parameters.
- */
-int is_aligned_hugepage_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
-{
-	if (len & ~HPAGE_MASK)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (addr & ~HPAGE_MASK)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int pmd_huge(pmd_t pmd)
 {
 	return (pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_HUGE) != 0;