diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
index cd730821cd6e..7138a5b2bb10 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
@@ -1650,37 +1650,3 @@ void ion_device_destroy(struct ion_device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ion_device_destroy);
 
-void __init ion_reserve(struct ion_platform_data *data)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < data->nr; i++) {
-		if (data->heaps[i].size == 0)
-			continue;
-
-		if (data->heaps[i].base == 0) {
-			phys_addr_t paddr;
-
-			paddr = memblock_alloc_base(data->heaps[i].size,
-						    data->heaps[i].align,
-						    MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ANYWHERE);
-			if (!paddr) {
-				pr_err("%s: error allocating memblock for heap %d\n",
-					__func__, i);
-				continue;
-			}
-			data->heaps[i].base = paddr;
-		} else {
-			int ret = memblock_reserve(data->heaps[i].base,
-					       data->heaps[i].size);
-			if (ret)
-				pr_err("memblock reserve of %zx@%lx failed\n",
-				       data->heaps[i].size,
-				       data->heaps[i].base);
-		}
-		pr_info("%s: %s reserved base %lx size %zu\n", __func__,
-			data->heaps[i].name,
-			data->heaps[i].base,
-			data->heaps[i].size);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.h b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.h
index 97eb7a72fa86..93dafb4586e4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.h
@@ -72,17 +72,6 @@ struct ion_platform_data {
 	struct ion_platform_heap *heaps;
 };
 
-/**
- * ion_reserve() - reserve memory for ion heaps if applicable
- * @data:	platform data specifying starting physical address and
- *		size
- *
- * Calls memblock reserve to set aside memory for heaps that are
- * located at specific memory addresses or of specific sizes not
- * managed by the kernel
- */
-void ion_reserve(struct ion_platform_data *data);
-
 /**
  * ion_client_create() -  allocate a client and returns it
  * @dev:		the global ion device