diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
index a451351..a0e51e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
 void		rpc_setbufsize(struct rpc_clnt *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
 size_t		rpc_max_payload(struct rpc_clnt *);
 void		rpc_force_rebind(struct rpc_clnt *);
-int		rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, int flags);
 size_t		rpc_peeraddr(struct rpc_clnt *, struct sockaddr *, size_t);
 char *		rpc_peeraddr2str(struct rpc_clnt *, enum rpc_display_format_t);
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 76eef19..4e91f31 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
 static __be32 *	call_header(struct rpc_task *task);
 static __be32 *	call_verify(struct rpc_task *task);
 
+static int	rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, int flags);
+
 static void rpc_register_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 {
 	spin_lock(&rpc_client_lock);
@@ -1441,7 +1443,7 @@
 	.p_decode = rpcproc_decode_null,
 };
 
-int rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, int flags)
+static int rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, int flags)
 {
 	struct rpc_message msg = {
 		.rpc_proc = &rpcproc_null,