diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
index 2e544a0c7c05844494c18247ad11dd12d5af7943..b42c2e2b2055463089c0de2a6cc1882f13d9e5c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
@@ -191,35 +191,6 @@ static void _usb_write32_async(struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u32 addr, u32 val)
 	_usb_write_async(to_usb_device(dev), addr, val, 4);
 }
 
-static int _usb_nbytes_read_write(struct usb_device *udev, bool read, u32 addr,
-				  u16 len, u8 *pdata)
-{
-	int status;
-	u8 request;
-	u16 wvalue;
-	u16 index;
-
-	request = REALTEK_USB_VENQT_CMD_REQ;
-	index = REALTEK_USB_VENQT_CMD_IDX; /* n/a */
-	wvalue = (u16)addr;
-	if (read)
-		status = _usbctrl_vendorreq_sync_read(udev, request, wvalue,
-						      index, pdata, len);
-	else
-		status = _usbctrl_vendorreq_async_write(udev, request, wvalue,
-							index, pdata, len);
-	return status;
-}
-
-static int _usb_writeN_async(struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u32 addr, u16 len,
-			     u8 *pdata)
-{
-	struct device *dev = rtlpriv->io.dev;
-
-	return _usb_nbytes_read_write(to_usb_device(dev), false, addr, len,
-				      pdata);
-}
-
 static void _rtl_usb_io_handler_init(struct device *dev,
 				     struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 {
@@ -230,7 +201,6 @@ static void _rtl_usb_io_handler_init(struct device *dev,
 	rtlpriv->io.write8_async	= _usb_write8_async;
 	rtlpriv->io.write16_async	= _usb_write16_async;
 	rtlpriv->io.write32_async	= _usb_write32_async;
-	rtlpriv->io.writeN_async	= _usb_writeN_async;
 	rtlpriv->io.read8_sync		= _usb_read8_sync;
 	rtlpriv->io.read16_sync		= _usb_read16_sync;
 	rtlpriv->io.read32_sync		= _usb_read32_sync;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
index 31b3be98e50ccd8bf40b417ba081fd4cbea5b56d..3126485393d9e2c9e32ef5aaeec074649a01e2fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/wifi.h
@@ -942,10 +942,8 @@ struct rtl_io {
 	unsigned long pci_base_addr;	/*device I/O address */
 
 	void (*write8_async) (struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u32 addr, u8 val);
-	void (*write16_async) (struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u32 addr, u16 val);
-	void (*write32_async) (struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u32 addr, u32 val);
-	int (*writeN_async) (struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u32 addr, u16 len,
-			     u8 *pdata);
+	void (*write16_async) (struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u32 addr, __le16 val);
+	void (*write32_async) (struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u32 addr, __le32 val);
 
 	u8(*read8_sync) (struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u32 addr);
 	u16(*read16_sync) (struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u32 addr);