diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index 8d17d241172..bf9085e89fb 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -33,23 +33,6 @@ void prandom_seed(u32 seed);
 u32 prandom_u32_state(struct rnd_state *);
 void prandom_bytes_state(struct rnd_state *state, void *buf, int nbytes);
 
-/**
- * prandom_u32_max - returns a pseudo-random number in interval [0, ep_ro)
- * @ep_ro: right open interval endpoint
- *
- * Returns a pseudo-random number that is in interval [0, ep_ro). Note
- * that the result depends on PRNG being well distributed in [0, ~0U]
- * u32 space. Here we use maximally equidistributed combined Tausworthe
- * generator, that is, prandom_u32(). This is useful when requesting a
- * random index of an array containing ep_ro elements, for example.
- *
- * Returns: pseudo-random number in interval [0, ep_ro)
- */
-static inline u32 prandom_u32_max(u32 ep_ro)
-{
-	return (u32)(((u64) prandom_u32() * ep_ro) >> 32);
-}
-
 /*
  * Handle minimum values for seeds
  */