diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lockd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lockd.c
index ac79db952da7..a78c4a4c9bd4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lockd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lockd.c
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@ struct ldlm_cb_async_args {
 
 static struct ldlm_state *ldlm_state;
 
-inline unsigned long round_timeout(unsigned long timeout)
-{
-	return cfs_time_seconds((int)cfs_duration_sec(cfs_time_sub(timeout, 0)) + 1);
-}
-
 #define ELT_STOPPED   0
 #define ELT_READY     1
 #define ELT_TERMINATE 2