diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 11e4384daaf9..57527ee1867f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -139,11 +139,6 @@ static void		 ip_do_redirect(struct dst_entry *dst, struct sock *sk,
 					struct sk_buff *skb);
 static void		ipv4_dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst);
 
-static void ipv4_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
-			    int how)
-{
-}
-
 static u32 *ipv4_cow_metrics(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long old)
 {
 	WARN_ON(1);
@@ -162,7 +157,6 @@ static struct dst_ops ipv4_dst_ops = {
 	.mtu =			ipv4_mtu,
 	.cow_metrics =		ipv4_cow_metrics,
 	.destroy =		ipv4_dst_destroy,
-	.ifdown =		ipv4_dst_ifdown,
 	.negative_advice =	ipv4_negative_advice,
 	.link_failure =		ipv4_link_failure,
 	.update_pmtu =		ip_rt_update_pmtu,