diff --git a/include/asm-arm/spinlock.h b/include/asm-arm/spinlock.h
index 861092fbaa53283953bd41c9dbb6e840bb42ff02..800ba5254dafef9bff57c98a19dcb599b0982cbc 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/spinlock.h
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ static inline void __raw_spin_unlock(raw_spinlock_t *lock)
  * Write locks are easy - we just set bit 31.  When unlocking, we can
  * just write zero since the lock is exclusively held.
  */
-#define rwlock_is_locked(x)	(*((volatile unsigned int *)(x)) != 0)
 
 static inline void __raw_write_lock(raw_rwlock_t *rw)
 {