diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_eacl.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_eacl.h
index fee4d2c75506..0b66593a9526 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_eacl.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_eacl.h
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ extern int
 lustre_posix_acl_xattr_filter(posix_acl_xattr_header *header, size_t size,
 			      posix_acl_xattr_header **out);
 extern void
-lustre_posix_acl_xattr_free(posix_acl_xattr_header *header, int size);
-extern void
 lustre_ext_acl_xattr_free(ext_acl_xattr_header *header);
 extern ext_acl_xattr_header *
 lustre_acl_xattr_merge2ext(posix_acl_xattr_header *posix_header, int size,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
index 92f579e51cf2..4d91538668ac 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
@@ -193,7 +193,10 @@ int ll_setxattr_common(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 			 ll_i2suppgid(inode), &req);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	if (new_value != NULL)
-		lustre_posix_acl_xattr_free(new_value, size);
+		/*
+		 * Release the posix ACL space.
+		 */
+		kfree(new_value);
 	if (acl != NULL)
 		lustre_ext_acl_xattr_free(acl);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/acl.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/acl.c
index 2e20cf635b27..49ba8851c8ac 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/acl.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/acl.c
@@ -235,15 +235,6 @@ int lustre_posix_acl_xattr_filter(posix_acl_xattr_header *header, size_t size,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lustre_posix_acl_xattr_filter);
 
-/*
- * Release the posix ACL space.
- */
-void lustre_posix_acl_xattr_free(posix_acl_xattr_header *header, int size)
-{
-	kfree(header);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(lustre_posix_acl_xattr_free);
-
 /*
  * Release the extended ACL space.
  */