diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/channel_interface.c b/drivers/staging/hv/channel_interface.c
index b818bcf886aaaa0525c83fe4eb2566d3ce1ff236..49373dafa7038ecefeb9ef92482b91d18b3b3b04 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/channel_interface.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/channel_interface.c
@@ -36,13 +36,7 @@ static int ivmbus_open(struct hv_device *device, u32 sendbuffer_size,
 				channel_callback, context);
 }
 
-static void ivmbus_close(struct hv_device *device)
-{
-	vmbus_close(device->channel);
-}
-
 /* vmbus interface function pointer table */
 const struct vmbus_channel_interface vmbus_ops = {
 	.Open = ivmbus_open,
-	.Close = ivmbus_close,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_api.h b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_api.h
index ec352c38aa5c4108cef2c5749e9718a01dcb5509..42050a1e3f0e3accbf5badb37185de75345bcca3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_api.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_api.h
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ struct hv_device_info {
 /**
  * struct vmbus_channel_interface - Contains member functions for vmbus channel
  * @Open:      Open the channel
- * @Close:     Close the channel
  *
  * This structure contains function pointer to control vmbus channel
  * behavior. None of these functions is externally callable, but they
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ struct vmbus_channel_interface {
 		    u32 RecvRingBufferSize, void *UserData, u32 UserDataLen,
 		    void (*ChannelCallback)(void *context),
 		    void *Context);
-	void (*Close)(struct hv_device *device);
 };
 
 extern const struct vmbus_channel_interface vmbus_ops;