diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_ioctl.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_ioctl.h
index f5d741f25ffdeb189a6b56f7ce871630f7e303be..485ab267091859214576da349e2bf89a5874667d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_ioctl.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_ioctl.h
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ struct libcfs_ioctl_handler {
 #define IOC_LIBCFS_CLEAR_DEBUG	     _IOWR('e', 31, long)
 #define IOC_LIBCFS_MARK_DEBUG	      _IOWR('e', 32, long)
 #define IOC_LIBCFS_MEMHOG		  _IOWR('e', 36, long)
-#define IOC_LIBCFS_PING_TEST	       _IOWR('e', 37, long)
 /* lnet ioctls */
 #define IOC_LIBCFS_GET_NI		  _IOWR('e', 50, long)
 #define IOC_LIBCFS_FAIL_NID		_IOWR('e', 51, long)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c
index 07a68594c2791df5c75cbe138564b78008e8aefb..e7c2b26156b9d36026a4a64a4e0565804bcc1312 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/module.c
@@ -274,23 +274,6 @@ static int libcfs_ioctl_int(struct cfs_psdev_file *pfile, unsigned long cmd,
 		}
 		break;
 
-	case IOC_LIBCFS_PING_TEST: {
-		extern void (kping_client)(struct libcfs_ioctl_data *);
-		void (*ping)(struct libcfs_ioctl_data *);
-
-		CDEBUG(D_IOCTL, "doing %d pings to nid %s (%s)\n",
-		       data->ioc_count, libcfs_nid2str(data->ioc_nid),
-		       libcfs_nid2str(data->ioc_nid));
-		ping = symbol_get(kping_client);
-		if (!ping)
-			CERROR("symbol_get failed\n");
-		else {
-			ping(data);
-			symbol_put(kping_client);
-		}
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	default: {
 		struct libcfs_ioctl_handler *hand;