diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index f8a634ac..1ad29c9 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@
  * 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 @@
 	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.