diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
index ce0f3c35b3bedd6697eb76cb9c0fbb8c39ff9665..643f53722a1b4dd4455e232d7a09ee384c6e2736 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
@@ -129,14 +129,6 @@ static inline void clear_subpages_in_hugepage(GlobalBalloonedPage *gbp, unsigned
     }
 }
 
-static inline bool all_subpages_in_hugepage_freed(GlobalBalloonedPage *gbp, unsigned long hugepage_index)
-{
-    if (hugepage_index * ULONGS_PER_HUGEPAGE < gbp->page_nr) {
-        return bitmap_full(&gbp->freed_page_bitmap[hugepage_index * ULONGS_PER_HUGEPAGE], PAGES_IN_HUGEPAGE);
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
 static void mark_freed_subpage(RAMBlock *rb, ram_addr_t rb_offset)
 {
     void *base_hva = qemu_ram_get_host_addr(rb);