diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6bf139562947..16421f662a7a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1659,7 +1659,6 @@ extern int sb_min_blocksize(struct super_block *, int);
 extern int generic_file_mmap(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
 extern int generic_file_readonly_mmap(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
 extern int file_read_actor(read_descriptor_t * desc, struct page *page, unsigned long offset, unsigned long size);
-extern int file_send_actor(read_descriptor_t * desc, struct page *page, unsigned long offset, unsigned long size);
 int generic_write_checks(struct file *file, loff_t *pos, size_t *count, int isblk);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 6cf700d41844..50021a60d01f 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1218,26 +1218,6 @@ out:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_read);
 
-int file_send_actor(read_descriptor_t * desc, struct page *page, unsigned long offset, unsigned long size)
-{
-	ssize_t written;
-	unsigned long count = desc->count;
-	struct file *file = desc->arg.data;
-
-	if (size > count)
-		size = count;
-
-	written = file->f_op->sendpage(file, page, offset,
-				       size, &file->f_pos, size<count);
-	if (written < 0) {
-		desc->error = written;
-		written = 0;
-	}
-	desc->count = count - written;
-	desc->written += written;
-	return written;
-}
-
 static ssize_t
 do_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
 	     unsigned long index, unsigned long nr)