diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c
index fc06991ed7841381f1df5252b30e659ad47af4b5..2b4556414e8adad111f0ab93bcfce52fa3364a8a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_recv.c
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <rtl8188e_hal.h>
 
-void rtl8188eu_init_recvbuf(struct adapter *padapter, struct recv_buf *precvbuf)
-{
-}
-
 int	rtl8188eu_init_recv_priv(struct adapter *padapter)
 {
 	struct recv_priv	*precvpriv = &padapter->recvpriv;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
index 654c5b38b1ac5e7b72bb538019fe1e0a9e53023a..d3c5ed335274f3ea4dbf0b1b1392b0df87355990 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
@@ -600,8 +600,6 @@ static u32 usb_read_port(struct intf_hdl *pintfhdl, u32 addr, u32 cnt, u8 *rmem)
 			precvbuf->reuse = true;
 	}
 
-	rtl8188eu_init_recvbuf(adapter, precvbuf);
-
 	/* re-assign for linux based on skb */
 	if ((!precvbuf->reuse) || (precvbuf->pskb == NULL)) {
 		precvbuf->pskb = netdev_alloc_skb(adapter->pnetdev, MAX_RECVBUF_SZ + RECVBUFF_ALIGN_SZ);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtl8188e_recv.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtl8188e_recv.h
index 07e5f52273361232a7b3c2deacd6e82ab3066a64..5fed30d389a24622b9e677fd888f466bd892fc0e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtl8188e_recv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtl8188e_recv.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ enum rx_packet_type {
 };
 
 #define INTERRUPT_MSG_FORMAT_LEN 60
-void rtl8188eu_init_recvbuf(struct adapter *padapter, struct recv_buf *buf);
 s32 rtl8188eu_init_recv_priv(struct adapter *padapter);
 void rtl8188eu_free_recv_priv(struct adapter *padapter);
 void rtl8188eu_recv_hdl(struct adapter *padapter, struct recv_buf *precvbuf);