diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/comedi_pci.h b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/comedi_pci.h
index 5475941dadc7..09c9a4435367 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/comedi_pci.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/comedi_pci.h
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 
-/*
- * Enables PCI device without requesting regions.  Just a simple wrapper
- * for pci_enable_device().
- */
-static inline int comedi_pci_enable_no_regions(struct pci_dev *pdev)
-{
-	return pci_enable_device(pdev);
-}
-
 /*
  * Called to disable PCI device if PCI device has been enabled, but
  * PCI regions have not been reserved.