diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/process.c b/arch/nios2/kernel/process.c
index f8ea522a15880c4018588b01b6b4bcd6fa550a5f..e528a0d2dbcd5dd7190b67ac6d58af28bf8972cc 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/process.c
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void);
 asmlinkage void ret_from_kernel_thread(void);
 
-void (*pm_power_off)(void) = NULL;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);
-
 void arch_cpu_idle(void)
 {
 	raw_local_irq_enable();