diff --git a/net/smc/smc_cdc.h b/net/smc/smc_cdc.h
index 9cfabc9af120..2ddcc5fb5ceb 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_cdc.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc_cdc.h
@@ -97,23 +97,6 @@ static inline void smc_curs_add(int size, union smc_host_cursor *curs,
 	}
 }
 
-/* SMC cursors are 8 bytes long and require atomic reading and writing */
-static inline u64 smc_curs_read(union smc_host_cursor *curs,
-				struct smc_connection *conn)
-{
-#ifndef KERNEL_HAS_ATOMIC64
-	unsigned long flags;
-	u64 ret;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&conn->acurs_lock, flags);
-	ret = curs->acurs;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conn->acurs_lock, flags);
-	return ret;
-#else
-	return atomic64_read(&curs->acurs);
-#endif
-}
-
 /* Copy cursor src into tgt */
 static inline void smc_curs_copy(union smc_host_cursor *tgt,
 				 union smc_host_cursor *src,