diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 548d1b8014f89e9f4b1170daff8fa677d758f39a..82bd1f3d2b19034d32b0827431b9163a003eeb7f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -440,14 +440,6 @@ void md_flush_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_flush_request);
 
-void md_unplug(struct blk_plug_cb *cb, bool from_schedule)
-{
-	struct mddev *mddev = cb->data;
-	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
-	kfree(cb);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_unplug);
-
 static inline struct mddev *mddev_get(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	atomic_inc(&mddev->active);
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index b8859cbf84b618b39ed3d92a2887e8764c403919..dde8ecb760c87113ba36d50c0d6867bc6e215f02 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -676,16 +676,10 @@ extern void mddev_resume(struct mddev *mddev);
 extern struct bio *bio_alloc_mddev(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs,
 				   struct mddev *mddev);
 
-extern void md_unplug(struct blk_plug_cb *cb, bool from_schedule);
 extern void md_reload_sb(struct mddev *mddev, int raid_disk);
 extern void md_update_sb(struct mddev *mddev, int force);
 extern void md_kick_rdev_from_array(struct md_rdev * rdev);
 struct md_rdev *md_find_rdev_nr_rcu(struct mddev *mddev, int nr);
-static inline int mddev_check_plugged(struct mddev *mddev)
-{
-	return !!blk_check_plugged(md_unplug, mddev,
-				   sizeof(struct blk_plug_cb));
-}
 
 static inline void rdev_dec_pending(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct mddev *mddev)
 {