diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
index 5243868efd9a739019c623641a879d1103e036e4..9756f21b809e080d1d1975b0734cb82cdea6e9e3 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
@@ -422,15 +422,6 @@ int vp_set_vq_affinity(struct virtqueue *vq, int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void virtio_pci_release_dev(struct device *_d)
-{
-	/*
-	 * No need for a release method as we allocate/free
-	 * all devices together with the pci devices.
-	 * Provide an empty one to avoid getting a warning from core.
-	 */
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 static int virtio_pci_freeze(struct device *dev)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.h b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.h
index adddb647b21d826c76ce54dac8707828c0ba381c..5a497289b7e9c336d1478db41ca5c0f60fbbafb9 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.h
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.h
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ const char *vp_bus_name(struct virtio_device *vdev);
  * - ignore the affinity request if we're using INTX
  */
 int vp_set_vq_affinity(struct virtqueue *vq, int cpu);
-void virtio_pci_release_dev(struct device *);
 
 int virtio_pci_legacy_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 			    const struct pci_device_id *id);
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
index 6c76f0f5658ccfcef86b865b9f9e2fa76334245c..08d19152702021407af7a67138c5850958f60a73 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
@@ -211,6 +211,15 @@ static const struct virtio_config_ops virtio_pci_config_ops = {
 	.set_vq_affinity = vp_set_vq_affinity,
 };
 
+static void virtio_pci_release_dev(struct device *_d)
+{
+	/*
+	 * No need for a release method as we allocate/free
+	 * all devices together with the pci devices.
+	 * Provide an empty one to avoid getting a warning from core.
+	 */
+}
+
 /* the PCI probing function */
 int virtio_pci_legacy_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 			    const struct pci_device_id *id)