diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/hal_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/hal_intf.c
index d76ccd0eb1e5756b92ff5f9a84f5cde7862d7c7d..12fde452fc21708b94cc09464aba1eb6563f3769 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/hal_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/hal_intf.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ uint	 rtw_hal_init(struct adapter *adapt)
 
 		if (adapt->registrypriv.notch_filter == 1)
 			rtw_hal_notch_filter(adapt, 1);
-
-		rtw_hal_reset_security_engine(adapt);
 	} else {
 		adapt->hw_init_completed = false;
 		DBG_88E("rtw_hal_init: hal__init fail\n");
@@ -77,9 +75,3 @@ void rtw_hal_update_ra_mask(struct adapter *adapt, u32 mac_id, u8 rssi_level)
 		UpdateHalRAMask8188EUsb(adapt, mac_id, rssi_level);
 	}
 }
-
-void rtw_hal_reset_security_engine(struct adapter *adapter)
-{
-	if (adapter->HalFunc.hal_reset_security_engine)
-		adapter->HalFunc.hal_reset_security_engine(adapter);
-}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/hal_intf.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/hal_intf.h
index 2528a6e8296e315b4bfc55fe8b19267a3294fc33..262a704add21ef604aeb39367a4edb2501066ff7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/hal_intf.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/hal_intf.h
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ enum hal_intf_ps_func {
 };
 
 struct hal_ops {
-	void (*hal_reset_security_engine)(struct adapter *adapter);
 };
 
 enum rt_eeprom_type {
@@ -228,7 +227,6 @@ void	rtw_hal_antdiv_rssi_compared(struct adapter *padapter,
 void rtw_hal_sreset_init(struct adapter *padapter);
 
 void rtw_hal_notch_filter(struct adapter *adapter, bool enable);
-void rtw_hal_reset_security_engine(struct adapter *adapter);
 
 void indicate_wx_scan_complete_event(struct adapter *padapter);
 u8 rtw_do_join(struct adapter *padapter);