diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index f8a634ac112..1ad29c9b625 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_test_lock);
  * from a broken NFS client. But broken NFS clients have a lot more to
  * worry about than proper deadlock detection anyway... --okir
  */
-int posix_locks_deadlock(struct file_lock *caller_fl,
+static int posix_locks_deadlock(struct file_lock *caller_fl,
 				struct file_lock *block_fl)
 {
 	struct list_head *tmp;
@@ -722,8 +722,6 @@ next_task:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_locks_deadlock);
-
 /* Try to create a FLOCK lock on filp. We always insert new FLOCK locks
  * at the head of the list, but that's secret knowledge known only to
  * flock_lock_file and posix_lock_file.
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 56d8bf0d0a7..dba4cbd157e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -776,7 +776,6 @@ extern int posix_lock_file_conf(struct file *, struct file_lock *, struct file_l
 extern int posix_lock_file(struct file *, struct file_lock *);
 extern int posix_lock_file_wait(struct file *, struct file_lock *);
 extern int posix_unblock_lock(struct file *, struct file_lock *);
-extern int posix_locks_deadlock(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *);
 extern int flock_lock_file_wait(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl);
 extern int __break_lease(struct inode *inode, unsigned int flags);
 extern void lease_get_mtime(struct inode *, struct timespec *time);