diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 943b108f01cd..b6a1f4312a73 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1087,7 +1087,6 @@ void kvm_exit(void);
 void kvm_get_kvm(struct kvm *kvm);
 bool kvm_get_kvm_safe(struct kvm *kvm);
 void kvm_put_kvm(struct kvm *kvm);
-bool file_is_kvm(struct file *file);
 
 /*
  * Architectures define kvm_file_to_kvm_arch to <arch>
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 891a67cb365a..563e7b0becc3 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -5492,12 +5492,6 @@ static struct file_operations kvm_vm_fops = {
 	KVM_COMPAT(kvm_vm_compat_ioctl),
 };
 
-bool file_is_kvm(struct file *file)
-{
-	return file && file->f_op == &kvm_vm_fops;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(file_is_kvm);
-
 #ifdef kvm_file_to_kvm_arch
 struct kvm *kvm_file_to_kvm_fn(struct file *file)
 {