diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s1210.c b/drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s1210.c
index 0d3356d4b7d2..dcdadbbcf7e8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s1210.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s1210.c
@@ -192,21 +192,6 @@ static inline int ad2s1210_soft_reset(struct ad2s1210_state *st)
 	return ad2s1210_config_write(st, 0x0);
 }
 
-static ssize_t ad2s1210_store_softreset(struct device *dev,
-					struct device_attribute *attr,
-					const char *buf,
-					size_t len)
-{
-	struct ad2s1210_state *st = iio_priv(dev_to_iio_dev(dev));
-	int ret;
-
-	mutex_lock(&st->lock);
-	ret = ad2s1210_soft_reset(st);
-	mutex_unlock(&st->lock);
-
-	return ret < 0 ? ret : len;
-}
-
 static ssize_t ad2s1210_show_fclkin(struct device *dev,
 				    struct device_attribute *attr,
 				    char *buf)
@@ -536,8 +521,6 @@ error_ret:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(reset, S_IWUSR,
-		       NULL, ad2s1210_store_softreset, 0);
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(fclkin, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 		       ad2s1210_show_fclkin, ad2s1210_store_fclkin, 0);
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(fexcit, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
@@ -587,7 +570,6 @@ static const struct iio_chan_spec ad2s1210_channels[] = {
 };
 
 static struct attribute *ad2s1210_attributes[] = {
-	&iio_dev_attr_reset.dev_attr.attr,
 	&iio_dev_attr_fclkin.dev_attr.attr,
 	&iio_dev_attr_fexcit.dev_attr.attr,
 	&iio_dev_attr_control.dev_attr.attr,