diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c
index f32fbde2175e84d6bb3bc59fdeacc9860f5837b3..7db32b3382d3a66452388ad9e9023216a1855ab3 100644
--- a/fs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ioctl.c
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, -errno on error.
  */
-long vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
-	       unsigned long arg)
+static long vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
+		      unsigned long arg)
 {
 	int error = -ENOTTY;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1de9d72178e136c57cc018265392c8002a3da483..a1ba005d08e7ef80f441d00a7f5d934582fe13e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1964,7 +1964,6 @@ extern int vfs_stat_fd(int dfd, char __user *, struct kstat *);
 extern int vfs_lstat_fd(int dfd, char __user *, struct kstat *);
 extern int vfs_fstat(unsigned int, struct kstat *);
 
-extern long vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 extern int do_vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
 		    unsigned long arg);