diff --git a/include/linux/fcntl.h b/include/linux/fcntl.h
index 766fcd973beb..a332e79b3207 100644
--- a/include/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
 	 FASYNC	| O_DIRECT | O_LARGEFILE | O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW | \
 	 O_NOATIME | O_CLOEXEC | O_PATH | __O_TMPFILE)
 
-/* List of all valid flags for the how->upgrade_mask argument: */
-#define VALID_UPGRADE_FLAGS \
-	(UPGRADE_NOWRITE | UPGRADE_NOREAD)
-
 /* List of all valid flags for the how->resolve argument: */
 #define VALID_RESOLVE_FLAGS \
 	(RESOLVE_NO_XDEV | RESOLVE_NO_MAGICLINKS | RESOLVE_NO_SYMLINKS | \