diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
index c97264409934be915d24d35395c1c0af5956aa7b..c86e5ed4af51dc0802291eb4b4af1af9793b938b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ void lapic_watchdog_stop(void);
 int lapic_watchdog_init(unsigned nmi_hz);
 int lapic_wd_event(unsigned nmi_hz);
 unsigned lapic_adjust_nmi_hz(unsigned hz);
-int lapic_watchdog_ok(void);
 void disable_lapic_nmi_watchdog(void);
 void enable_lapic_nmi_watchdog(void);
 void stop_nmi(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
index 5c481f6205bfc3f591d32f3ef4b4cd850ba2d37a..e60ed740d2b3f4aa49412b47a97656eef07e8952 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
@@ -803,8 +803,3 @@ int __kprobes lapic_wd_event(unsigned nmi_hz)
 	wd_ops->rearm(wd, nmi_hz);
 	return 1;
 }
-
-int lapic_watchdog_ok(void)
-{
-	return wd_ops != NULL;
-}