diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c
index db354e0edbe57692185e1d6fecae60f7d5cfbbaa..9040d7cf651e585d6b3976b76159ddef7125c7ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int hdlc_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-void hdlc_setup(struct net_device *dev)
+static void hdlc_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(dev);
 
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(hdlc_open);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(hdlc_close);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(hdlc_ioctl);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(hdlc_setup);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_hdlcdev);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_hdlc_device);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_hdlc_protocol);