diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 687e9fdb3d672b9e2a36c0255e5dae51ce2d03a0..6fd923eaeba9a41ae12439f5c037463d72ed0640 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static const struct virtio_transport *virtio_transport_get_ops(void)
 	return container_of(t, struct virtio_transport, transport);
 }
 
-struct virtio_vsock_pkt *
+static struct virtio_vsock_pkt *
 virtio_transport_alloc_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info,
 			   size_t len,
 			   u32 src_cid,
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ virtio_transport_alloc_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info,
 	kfree(pkt);
 	return NULL;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_transport_alloc_pkt);
 
 static int virtio_transport_send_pkt_info(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 					  struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info)