diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c
index fb16bef4973f0a2dc2aa31407713f1808a39d256..13158fa3376976b6e3bf1e49ce67fbad6f934214 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/r8192E_core.c
@@ -2263,17 +2263,6 @@ static void rtl8192_get_eeprom_size(struct net_device* dev)
 	RT_TRACE(COMP_INIT, "<===========%s(), epromtype:%d\n", __FUNCTION__, priv->epromtype);
 }
 
-/*
- * used to swap endian. as ntohl & htonl are not
- * neccessary to swap endian, so use this instead.
- */
-static inline u16 endian_swap(u16* data)
-{
-	u16 tmp = *data;
-	*data = (tmp >> 8) | (tmp << 8);
-	return *data;
-}
-
 /*
  * Adapter->EEPROMAddressSize should be set before this function call.
  *  EEPROM address size can be got through GetEEPROMSize8185()