diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
index 916f5d04c510..4cdb417fd0f9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
@@ -236,8 +236,6 @@ struct vstor_packet {
 #define STORVSC_MAX_CHANNELS				1
 #define STORVSC_MAX_CMD_LEN				16
 
-struct hv_storvsc_request;
-
 /* Matches Windows-end */
 enum storvsc_request_type {
 	WRITE_TYPE,