diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index 89781fd48859bb957bbaafabce4c87ad0affd2a0..1abfe664c4446a9a64ea182ce680e6c08d1a3086 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ extern int __bitmap_weight(const unsigned long *bitmap, int bits);
 
 extern int bitmap_scnprintf(char *buf, unsigned int len,
 			const unsigned long *src, int nbits);
-extern int bitmap_scnprintf_len(unsigned int nr_bits);
 extern int __bitmap_parse(const char *buf, unsigned int buflen, int is_user,
 			unsigned long *dst, int nbits);
 extern int bitmap_parse_user(const char __user *ubuf, unsigned int ulen,
diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index 06fb57c86de07007dad10f4bbeb3b1adcc0742c4..482df94ea21eb3e9ab7b2ef4efe88643147c3d80 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -315,17 +315,6 @@ int bitmap_scnprintf(char *buf, unsigned int buflen,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_scnprintf);
 
-/**
- * bitmap_scnprintf_len - return buffer length needed to convert
- * bitmap to an ASCII hex string
- * @nr_bits: number of bits to be converted
- */
-int bitmap_scnprintf_len(unsigned int nr_bits)
-{
-	unsigned int nr_nibbles = ALIGN(nr_bits, 4) / 4;
-	return nr_nibbles + ALIGN(nr_nibbles, CHUNKSZ / 4) / (CHUNKSZ / 4) - 1;
-}
-
 /**
  * __bitmap_parse - convert an ASCII hex string into a bitmap.
  * @buf: pointer to buffer containing string.