diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
index 2aafac3df2bbc5a1b3dfec45899a47a6a5572938..7293589b6f1c23e966bc795147e0ca21cb88da2e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
 }
 #endif
 
-void _rtw_free_mlme_priv(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
+void rtw_free_mlme_priv(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
 {
 	rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(pmlmepriv);
 
@@ -309,12 +309,6 @@ int rtw_init_mlme_priv(struct adapter *padapter)
 	return res;
 }
 
-void rtw_free_mlme_priv(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
-{
-	RT_TRACE(_module_rtl871x_mlme_c_, _drv_err_, ("rtw_free_mlme_priv\n"));
-	_rtw_free_mlme_priv(pmlmepriv);
-}
-
 static struct wlan_network *rtw_alloc_network(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
 {
 	return _rtw_alloc_network(pmlmepriv);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mlme.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mlme.h
index 13f87029eb78c8f4776ca05d3e3166275e8bda8c..2a828ec1fd5e5dd798e670ee76c3e860ad67407b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mlme.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_mlme.h
@@ -567,8 +567,6 @@ int _rtw_init_mlme_priv(struct adapter *padapter);
 
 void rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv);
 
-void _rtw_free_mlme_priv(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv);
-
 struct wlan_network *_rtw_alloc_network(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv);
 
 void _rtw_free_network_nolock(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv,