diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
index ae03307bd8cdf1d4284186611a0bc0dc073d1d19..cc04d988db7c4585eee965fb7755a89c2746fdd4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
@@ -910,12 +910,6 @@ static int nfs3_have_delegation(struct inode *inode, fmode_t flags)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nfs3_return_delegation(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	nfs_wb_all(inode);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static const struct inode_operations nfs3_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= nfs_create,
 	.lookup		= nfs_lookup,
@@ -992,7 +986,6 @@ const struct nfs_rpc_ops nfs_v3_clientops = {
 	.clear_acl_cache = forget_all_cached_acls,
 	.close_context	= nfs_close_context,
 	.have_delegation = nfs3_have_delegation,
-	.return_delegation = nfs3_return_delegation,
 	.alloc_client	= nfs_alloc_client,
 	.init_client	= nfs_init_client,
 	.free_client	= nfs_free_client,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 173089f5bf7ee2656e6645612efcc673c655f38b..04978bfd6bebd472c14d1a7b2a5f8aa26b1579e0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -9654,7 +9654,6 @@ const struct nfs_rpc_ops nfs_v4_clientops = {
 	.close_context  = nfs4_close_context,
 	.open_context	= nfs4_atomic_open,
 	.have_delegation = nfs4_have_delegation,
-	.return_delegation = nfs4_inode_return_delegation,
 	.alloc_client	= nfs4_alloc_client,
 	.init_client	= nfs4_init_client,
 	.free_client	= nfs4_free_client,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/proc.c b/fs/nfs/proc.c
index 318b3f34a6d02a24d63026f5ebbae730e91fc6a6..4e93d63087338be524918512085c2e2f5a071cdb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/proc.c
@@ -673,12 +673,6 @@ static int nfs_have_delegation(struct inode *inode, fmode_t flags)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nfs_return_delegation(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	nfs_wb_all(inode);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static const struct inode_operations nfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create		= nfs_create,
 	.lookup		= nfs_lookup,
@@ -743,7 +737,6 @@ const struct nfs_rpc_ops nfs_v2_clientops = {
 	.lock_check_bounds = nfs_lock_check_bounds,
 	.close_context	= nfs_close_context,
 	.have_delegation = nfs_have_delegation,
-	.return_delegation = nfs_return_delegation,
 	.alloc_client	= nfs_alloc_client,
 	.init_client	= nfs_init_client,
 	.free_client	= nfs_free_client,
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index c4ba58b3c0f816c732642117b9bd706e0edf06cb..34d28564ecf37e59f1b3d6a8a370ee8257c3e0a2 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -1635,7 +1635,6 @@ struct nfs_rpc_ops {
 				struct iattr *iattr,
 				int *);
 	int (*have_delegation)(struct inode *, fmode_t);
-	int (*return_delegation)(struct inode *);
 	struct nfs_client *(*alloc_client) (const struct nfs_client_initdata *);
 	struct nfs_client *(*init_client) (struct nfs_client *,
 				const struct nfs_client_initdata *);