diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index dec13ff66077..a6446c03cfbc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@ void trace_graph_function(struct trace_array *tr,
 void trace_latency_header(struct seq_file *m);
 void trace_default_header(struct seq_file *m);
 void print_trace_header(struct seq_file *m, struct trace_iterator *iter);
-int trace_empty(struct trace_iterator *iter);
 
 void trace_graph_return(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace);
 int trace_graph_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace);