diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
index 96a83cf25bad..2eb6dfa3f4f4 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
@@ -670,20 +670,6 @@ int coresight_enable_path(struct list_head *path, u32 mode, void *sink_data)
 	goto out;
 }
 
-static struct coresight_device *coresight_get_source(struct list_head *path)
-{
-	struct coresight_device *csdev;
-
-	if (!path)
-		return NULL;
-
-	csdev = list_first_entry(path, struct coresight_node, link)->csdev;
-	if (csdev->type != CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SOURCE)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return csdev;
-}
-
 struct coresight_device *coresight_get_sink(struct list_head *path)
 {
 	struct coresight_device *csdev;