diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 42bb86bdb7c2..82c602ba3289 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -220,17 +220,6 @@ static void deinit_irq(struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 }
 
-int wilc_lock_timeout(struct wilc *nic, void *vp, u32 timeout)
-{
-	/* FIXME: replace with mutex_lock or wait_for_completion */
-	int error = -1;
-
-	if (vp)
-		error = down_timeout(vp,
-				     msecs_to_jiffies(timeout));
-	return error;
-}
-
 void wilc_mac_indicate(struct wilc *wilc, int flag)
 {
 	int status;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h
index ec6b1674cf38..d431673bc46c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ int wilc1000_wlan_init(struct net_device *dev, struct wilc_vif *vif);
 
 void wilc_frmw_to_linux(struct wilc *wilc, u8 *buff, u32 size, u32 pkt_offset);
 void wilc_mac_indicate(struct wilc *wilc, int flag);
-int wilc_lock_timeout(struct wilc *wilc, void *, u32 timeout);
 void wilc_netdev_cleanup(struct wilc *wilc);
 int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *, int io_type, int gpio,
 		     const struct wilc_hif_func *ops);