diff --git a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
index 374105e4394f85396f2604f45f29caa1eeb59e92..6126f8bf94b3992f75648adbcf37c7cdbd2425be 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
@@ -906,11 +906,6 @@ void ipv6_exthdrs_exit(void)
 /*
  * Note: we cannot rely on skb_dst(skb) before we assign it in ip6_route_input().
  */
-static inline struct inet6_dev *ipv6_skb_idev(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return skb_dst(skb) ? ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)) : __in6_dev_get(skb->dev);
-}
-
 static inline struct net *ipv6_skb_net(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	return skb_dst(skb) ? dev_net(skb_dst(skb)->dev) : dev_net(skb->dev);