diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_display.c b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_display.c
index 1a17a455b44f..9999b9c9cec0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_display.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_display.c
@@ -167,26 +167,6 @@ static void vpif_buffer_queue(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&common->irqlock, flags);
 }
 
-/*
- * vpif_buf_cleanup: This function is called from the videobuf2 layer to
- * free memory allocated to the buffers
- */
-static void vpif_buf_cleanup(struct vb2_buffer *vb)
-{
-	struct vpif_disp_buffer *buf = container_of(vb,
-					struct vpif_disp_buffer, vb);
-	struct channel_obj *ch = vb2_get_drv_priv(vb->vb2_queue);
-	struct common_obj *common;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	common = &ch->common[VPIF_VIDEO_INDEX];
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&common->irqlock, flags);
-	if (vb->state == VB2_BUF_STATE_ACTIVE)
-		list_del_init(&buf->list);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&common->irqlock, flags);
-}
-
 static u8 channel_first_int[VPIF_NUMOBJECTS][2] = { {1, 1} };
 
 static int vpif_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
@@ -336,7 +316,6 @@ static struct vb2_ops video_qops = {
 	.buf_prepare		= vpif_buffer_prepare,
 	.start_streaming	= vpif_start_streaming,
 	.stop_streaming		= vpif_stop_streaming,
-	.buf_cleanup		= vpif_buf_cleanup,
 	.buf_queue		= vpif_buffer_queue,
 };