diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst.c
index d97556a3772cc8377301508cb95544a1c921ef25..2d43b8693c0c5a01ded064cdbfd396a32f20f0a3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst.c
@@ -397,22 +397,6 @@ static inline void sst_save_shim64(struct intel_sst_drv *ctx,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->ipc_spin_lock, irq_flags);
 }
 
-static inline void sst_restore_shim64(struct intel_sst_drv *ctx,
-				      void __iomem *shim,
-				      struct sst_shim_regs64 *shim_regs)
-{
-	unsigned long irq_flags;
-
-	/*
-	 * we only need to restore IMRX for this case, rest will be
-	 * initialize by FW or driver when firmware is loaded
-	 */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->ipc_spin_lock, irq_flags);
-	sst_shim_write64(shim, SST_IMRX, shim_regs->imrx);
-	sst_shim_write64(shim, SST_CSR, shim_regs->csr);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->ipc_spin_lock, irq_flags);
-}
-
 void sst_configure_runtime_pm(struct intel_sst_drv *ctx)
 {
 	pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(ctx->dev, SST_SUSPEND_DELAY);