diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 67c056a9a519..ec824ab8c5ca 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -1283,8 +1283,6 @@ struct cifs_aio_ctx {
 	bool			direct_io;
 };
 
-struct cifs_readdata;
-
 /* asynchronous read support */
 struct cifs_readdata {
 	struct kref			refcount;