diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/setup.h
index be84a4d3917f..7c968c1d1729 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ void machine_shutdown(void);
 void machine_halt(void);
 void machine_power_off(void);
 
-extern void *alloc_maybe_bootmem(size_t size, gfp_t mask);
 extern void *zalloc_maybe_bootmem(size_t size, gfp_t mask);
 
 # endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c b/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
index 434639f9a3a6..5bc9c7fbb541 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
@@ -414,14 +414,6 @@ void __init *early_get_page(void)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
-void * __ref alloc_maybe_bootmem(size_t size, gfp_t mask)
-{
-	if (mem_init_done)
-		return kmalloc(size, mask);
-	else
-		return alloc_bootmem(size);
-}
-
 void * __ref zalloc_maybe_bootmem(size_t size, gfp_t mask)
 {
 	void *p;