diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index fa9086647eb7..ad4dd1c8d30a 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *);
 int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *);
 void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *, void *);
 unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *);
-const char *kmem_cache_name(struct kmem_cache *);
 
 /*
  * Please use this macro to create slab caches. Simply specify the
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 37961d1f584f..4bab2d1a8291 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2147,8 +2147,6 @@ static int __init_refok setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp)
  *
  * @name must be valid until the cache is destroyed. This implies that
  * the module calling this has to destroy the cache before getting unloaded.
- * Note that kmem_cache_name() is not guaranteed to return the same pointer,
- * therefore applications must manage it themselves.
  *
  * The flags are
  *
@@ -3840,12 +3838,6 @@ unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_size);
 
-const char *kmem_cache_name(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
-{
-	return cachep->name;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmem_cache_name);
-
 /*
  * This initializes kmem_list3 or resizes various caches for all nodes.
  */
diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index 3588eaaef726..46e0aee33a23 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -666,12 +666,6 @@ unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *c)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_size);
 
-const char *kmem_cache_name(struct kmem_cache *c)
-{
-	return c->name;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_name);
-
 int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *d)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index e15aa7f193c9..d2f343a54bad 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2399,12 +2399,6 @@ unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_size);
 
-const char *kmem_cache_name(struct kmem_cache *s)
-{
-	return s->name;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_name);
-
 static void list_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 							const char *text)
 {