diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 3756e152285a..10d1b52899f1 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static inline void set_inode_attr(struct inode * inode, struct iattr * iattr)
  */
 static struct lock_class_key sysfs_inode_imutex_key;
 
-void sysfs_init_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode)
+static void sysfs_init_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	inode->i_blocks = 0;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysfs_aops;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 6a37f2386a8d..6b8c8d76d308 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ extern void sysfs_remove_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt,
 extern int sysfs_addrm_finish(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt);
 
 extern void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
-extern void sysfs_init_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode);
 extern struct inode * sysfs_get_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 extern void sysfs_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode);