diff --git a/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs b/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs
index 939278bc7b03..f5b9a6130a7a 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     mm::virt::VmaNew,
     prelude::*,
     seq_file::SeqFile,
-    str::CStr,
     types::{ForeignOwnable, Opaque},
 };
 use core::{marker::PhantomData, mem::MaybeUninit, pin::Pin};