diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/linux/linux-fs.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/linux/linux-fs.h
index e523004078df..573ab0895791 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/linux/linux-fs.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/linux/linux-fs.h
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
 
-#define filp_read(fp, buf, size, pos)			\
-	((fp)->f_op->read((fp), (buf), (size), pos))
-
 #define filp_write(fp, buf, size, pos)			\
 	((fp)->f_op->write((fp), (buf), (size), pos))