diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 282b3936951060a2c8a6216c4c690e166a5fcb8d..e9953ab1ac40740fc38aa8858aecb2ceb6cf4f63 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -690,8 +690,6 @@ static int nfs_pgio_error(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
 static void nfs_pgio_release(void *calldata)
 {
 	struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr = calldata;
-	if (hdr->rw_ops->rw_release)
-		hdr->rw_ops->rw_release(hdr);
 	nfs_pgio_data_destroy(hdr);
 	hdr->completion_ops->completion(hdr);
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index dfc19f1575a19d00bee1b0aeef6575e4416a9ef9..d0f1f210342e54f06b3892164b5dda00e3ed996e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1347,11 +1347,6 @@ void nfs_commit_prepare(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 	NFS_PROTO(data->inode)->commit_rpc_prepare(task, data);
 }
 
-static void nfs_writeback_release_common(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
-{
-	/* do nothing! */
-}
-
 /*
  * Special version of should_remove_suid() that ignores capabilities.
  */
@@ -2012,7 +2007,6 @@ static const struct nfs_rw_ops nfs_rw_write_ops = {
 	.rw_mode		= FMODE_WRITE,
 	.rw_alloc_header	= nfs_writehdr_alloc,
 	.rw_free_header		= nfs_writehdr_free,
-	.rw_release		= nfs_writeback_release_common,
 	.rw_done		= nfs_writeback_done,
 	.rw_result		= nfs_writeback_result,
 	.rw_initiate		= nfs_initiate_write,
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_page.h b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
index 3eb072dbce833dd268b0189b9ff98a2aa85cc7bc..f2f650f136ee6fe181dfa27b71d7b944fc1f9357 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_page.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ struct nfs_rw_ops {
 	const fmode_t rw_mode;
 	struct nfs_pgio_header *(*rw_alloc_header)(void);
 	void (*rw_free_header)(struct nfs_pgio_header *);
-	void (*rw_release)(struct nfs_pgio_header *);
 	int  (*rw_done)(struct rpc_task *, struct nfs_pgio_header *,
 			struct inode *);
 	void (*rw_result)(struct rpc_task *, struct nfs_pgio_header *);