diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
index 25afcbe862e6..d2c1efbe62f0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_recv.h
@@ -281,11 +281,6 @@ static inline u8 *get_rxmem(struct recv_frame *precvframe)
 	return precvframe->rx_head;
 }
 
-static inline u8 *get_rx_status(struct recv_frame *precvframe)
-{
-	return get_rxmem(precvframe);
-}
-
 static inline u8 *recvframe_pull(struct recv_frame *precvframe, int sz)
 {
 	/*  rx_data += sz; move rx_data sz bytes  hereafter */