diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index f75932776968..ab9c780df750 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -1203,18 +1203,6 @@ static inline void mmc_blk_reset_success(struct mmc_blk_data *md, int type)
 	md->reset_done &= ~type;
 }
 
-int mmc_access_rpmb(struct mmc_queue *mq)
-{
-	struct mmc_blk_data *md = mq->blkdata;
-	/*
-	 * If this is a RPMB partition access, return ture
-	 */
-	if (md && md->part_type == EXT_CSD_PART_CONFIG_ACC_RPMB)
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 /*
  * The non-block commands come back from the block layer after it queued it and
  * processed it with all other requests and then they get issued in this
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
index 0a4e77a5ba33..f74f9ef460cc 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static int mmc_prep_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 {
 	struct mmc_queue *mq = q->queuedata;
 
-	if (mq && (mmc_card_removed(mq->card) || mmc_access_rpmb(mq)))
+	if (mq && mmc_card_removed(mq->card))
 		return BLKPREP_KILL;
 
 	req->rq_flags |= RQF_DONTPREP;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.h b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.h
index 5807c03dddcf..68f68ecd94ea 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.h
@@ -83,6 +83,4 @@ extern void mmc_queue_resume(struct mmc_queue *);
 extern unsigned int mmc_queue_map_sg(struct mmc_queue *,
 				     struct mmc_queue_req *);
 
-extern int mmc_access_rpmb(struct mmc_queue *);
-
 #endif