diff --git a/fs/afs/dynroot.c b/fs/afs/dynroot.c
index d3bc4a2d7085..c4d2711e20ad 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dynroot.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dynroot.c
@@ -258,16 +258,7 @@ const struct inode_operations afs_dynroot_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= afs_dynroot_lookup,
 };
 
-/*
- * Dirs in the dynamic root don't need revalidation.
- */
-static int afs_dynroot_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
 const struct dentry_operations afs_dynroot_dentry_operations = {
-	.d_revalidate	= afs_dynroot_d_revalidate,
 	.d_delete	= always_delete_dentry,
 	.d_release	= afs_d_release,
 	.d_automount	= afs_d_automount,