diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index 43b406d..1abfe66 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
 
 extern int bitmap_scnprintf(char *buf, unsigned int len,
 			const unsigned long *src, int nbits);
-extern int bitmap_scnprintf_len(unsigned int len);
 extern int __bitmap_parse(const char *buf, unsigned int buflen, int is_user,
 			unsigned long *dst, int nbits);
 extern int bitmap_parse_user(const char __user *ubuf, unsigned int ulen,
diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index 9650806..5df3db5 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -289,13 +289,6 @@
 	return bitmap_scnprintf(buf, len, srcp->bits, nbits);
 }
 
-#define cpumask_scnprintf_len(len) \
-			__cpumask_scnprintf_len((len))
-static inline int __cpumask_scnprintf_len(int len)
-{
-	return bitmap_scnprintf_len(len);
-}
-
 #define cpumask_parse_user(ubuf, ulen, dst) \
 			__cpumask_parse_user((ubuf), (ulen), &(dst), NR_CPUS)
 static inline int __cpumask_parse_user(const char __user *buf, int len,
diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index c4cb48f..482df94 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -316,22 +316,6 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_scnprintf);
 
 /**
- * bitmap_scnprintf_len - return buffer length needed to convert
- * bitmap to an ASCII hex string.
- * @len: number of bits to be converted
- */
-int bitmap_scnprintf_len(unsigned int len)
-{
-	/* we need 9 chars per word for 32 bit words (8 hexdigits + sep/null) */
-	int bitslen = ALIGN(len, CHUNKSZ);
-	int wordlen = CHUNKSZ / 4;
-	int buflen = (bitslen / wordlen) * (wordlen + 1) * sizeof(char);
-
-	return buflen;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_scnprintf_len);
-
-/**
  * __bitmap_parse - convert an ASCII hex string into a bitmap.
  * @buf: pointer to buffer containing string.
  * @buflen: buffer size in bytes.  If string is smaller than this