diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c
index 197c325baa57b0ef4b7551a69b4bfe2995f93a60..f8c1e22585d6cf81f3a4a52262b73608ab68f333 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c
@@ -889,21 +889,6 @@ static void dgnc_init_globals(void)
  *
  ************************************************************************/
 
-
-/*
- * dgnc_driver_kzmalloc()
- *
- * Malloc and clear memory,
- */
-void *dgnc_driver_kzmalloc(size_t size, int priority)
-{
-	void *p = kmalloc(size, priority);
-	if(p)
-		memset(p, 0, size);
-	return(p);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * dgnc_ms_sleep()
  *
diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h
index e77303cf6d5398bc151984890c1b6f03b9a18272..218b15dccb7dc970bef7bd1d56d491b51ad16884 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@ struct channel_t {
  *************************************************************************/
 
 extern int		dgnc_ms_sleep(ulong ms);
-extern void		*dgnc_driver_kzmalloc(size_t size, int priority);
 extern char		*dgnc_ioctl_name(int cmd);
 
 /*