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diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index d04a8a54c294..4ea600da8940 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2037,28 +2037,6 @@ struct mempolicy *__mpol_dup(struct mempolicy *old)
 	return new;
 }
 
-/*
- * If *frompol needs [has] an extra ref, copy *frompol to *tompol ,
- * eliminate the * MPOL_F_* flags that require conditional ref and
- * [NOTE!!!] drop the extra ref.  Not safe to reference *frompol directly
- * after return.  Use the returned value.
- *
- * Allows use of a mempolicy for, e.g., multiple allocations with a single
- * policy lookup, even if the policy needs/has extra ref on lookup.
- * shmem_readahead needs this.
- */
-struct mempolicy *__mpol_cond_copy(struct mempolicy *tompol,
-						struct mempolicy *frompol)
-{
-	if (!mpol_needs_cond_ref(frompol))
-		return frompol;
-
-	*tompol = *frompol;
-	tompol->flags &= ~MPOL_F_SHARED;	/* copy doesn't need unref */
-	__mpol_put(frompol);
-	return tompol;
-}
-
 /* Slow path of a mempolicy comparison */
 bool __mpol_equal(struct mempolicy *a, struct mempolicy *b)
 {