diff --git a/block/bsg-lib.c b/block/bsg-lib.c
index deee61fbb74..650f427d915 100644
--- a/block/bsg-lib.c
+++ b/block/bsg-lib.c
@@ -151,19 +151,6 @@ failjob_rls_job:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-/*
- * bsg_goose_queue - restart queue in case it was stopped
- * @q: request q to be restarted
- */
-void bsg_goose_queue(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	if (!q)
-		return;
-
-	blk_run_queue_async(q);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bsg_goose_queue);
-
 /**
  * bsg_request_fn - generic handler for bsg requests
  * @q: request queue to manage
diff --git a/include/linux/bsg-lib.h b/include/linux/bsg-lib.h
index 4d0fb3df2f4..a226652a5a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/bsg-lib.h
+++ b/include/linux/bsg-lib.h
@@ -67,6 +67,5 @@ void bsg_job_done(struct bsg_job *job, int result,
 int bsg_setup_queue(struct device *dev, struct request_queue *q, char *name,
 		    bsg_job_fn *job_fn, int dd_job_size);
 void bsg_request_fn(struct request_queue *q);
-void bsg_goose_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 
 #endif