diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.h b/net/netlink/af_netlink.h
index e68ef9ccd703..3cfd6cc60504 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.h
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.h
@@ -8,20 +8,6 @@
 #define NLGRPSZ(x)	(ALIGN(x, sizeof(unsigned long) * 8) / 8)
 #define NLGRPLONGS(x)	(NLGRPSZ(x)/sizeof(unsigned long))
 
-struct netlink_ring {
-	void			**pg_vec;
-	unsigned int		head;
-	unsigned int		frames_per_block;
-	unsigned int		frame_size;
-	unsigned int		frame_max;
-
-	unsigned int		pg_vec_order;
-	unsigned int		pg_vec_pages;
-	unsigned int		pg_vec_len;
-
-	atomic_t		pending;
-};
-
 struct netlink_sock {
 	/* struct sock has to be the first member of netlink_sock */
 	struct sock		sk;