diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
index 7134ca2b0b59..1b1a318b541f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ int _rtw_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, struct adapter *padapter)
 	if (rtw_alloc_hwxmits(padapter))
 		goto free_xmit_extbuf;
 
-	rtw_init_hwxmits(pxmitpriv->hwxmits, pxmitpriv->hwxmit_entry);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
 		pxmitpriv->wmm_para_seq[i] = i;
 
@@ -1570,14 +1568,6 @@ void rtw_free_hwxmits(struct adapter *padapter)
 	kfree(hwxmits);
 }
 
-void rtw_init_hwxmits(struct hw_xmit *phwxmit, int entry)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < entry; i++, phwxmit++)
-		phwxmit->accnt = 0;
-}
-
 static int rtw_br_client_tx(struct adapter *padapter, struct sk_buff **pskb)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb = *pskb;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h
index 719424dd8a49..eafa693efc2f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ void _rtw_init_sta_xmit_priv(struct sta_xmit_priv *psta_xmitpriv);
 s32 rtw_txframes_pending(struct adapter *padapter);
 s32 rtw_txframes_sta_ac_pending(struct adapter *padapter,
 				struct pkt_attrib *pattrib);
-void rtw_init_hwxmits(struct hw_xmit *phwxmit, int entry);
 int _rtw_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, struct adapter *padapter);
 void _rtw_free_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv);
 int rtw_alloc_hwxmits(struct adapter *padapter);