diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 4a0d27f475d7485ba13ee691b9b3978b7a3ed9a8..2d19a079ee794e477d4e57b46b5c6b806de84d4d 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ static inline const char * kobject_name(const struct kobject * kobj)
 }
 
 extern void kobject_init(struct kobject *);
-extern void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *);
-
 extern int __must_check kobject_add(struct kobject *);
 extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *);
 
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 4a310e55a886fbbdde0e413327f7cfab2b54b2fe..a152036db006f30e990d7b8c648cf645761a08f3 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -436,12 +436,11 @@ struct kobject * kobject_get(struct kobject * kobj)
 	return kobj;
 }
 
-/**
- *	kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources. 
- *	@kobj:	object.
+/*
+ * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
+ * @kobj: object to cleanup
  */
-
-void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject * kobj)
+static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	struct kobj_type * t = get_ktype(kobj);
 	struct kset * s = kobj->kset;