diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index eeac06c2a84c..4236058c7bbd 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -244,21 +244,6 @@ done:
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int v9fs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
-
-	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
-	if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE))
-		return generic_drop_inode(inode);
-	/*
-	 * in case of non cached mode always drop the
-	 * inode because we want the inode attribute
-	 * to always match that on the server.
-	 */
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static int v9fs_write_inode(struct inode *inode,
 			    struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
@@ -293,7 +278,6 @@ static const struct super_operations v9fs_super_ops_dotl = {
 	.alloc_inode = v9fs_alloc_inode,
 	.free_inode = v9fs_free_inode,
 	.statfs = v9fs_statfs,
-	.drop_inode = v9fs_drop_inode,
 	.evict_inode = v9fs_evict_inode,
 	.show_options = v9fs_show_options,
 	.umount_begin = v9fs_umount_begin,