diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/i8259.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/i8259.h
index b27fcc4ae474..32229c77906a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/i8259.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/i8259.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 
 extern raw_spinlock_t i8259A_lock;
 
-extern int i8259A_irq_pending(unsigned int irq);
 extern void make_8259A_irq(unsigned int irq);
 
 extern void init_i8259_irqs(void);
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-i8259.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-i8259.c
index 1f4a3442342b..1aec12c6d9ac 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-i8259.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-i8259.c
@@ -95,24 +95,6 @@ static void enable_8259A_irq(struct irq_data *d)
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8259A_lock, flags);
 }
 
-int i8259A_irq_pending(unsigned int irq)
-{
-	unsigned int mask;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int ret;
-
-	irq -= I8259A_IRQ_BASE;
-	mask = 1 << irq;
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&i8259A_lock, flags);
-	if (irq < 8)
-		ret = inb(PIC_MASTER_CMD) & mask;
-	else
-		ret = inb(PIC_SLAVE_CMD) & (mask >> 8);
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8259A_lock, flags);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 void make_8259A_irq(unsigned int irq)
 {
 	disable_irq_nosync(irq);