diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index bd1b9d663fb9545893dc0b95722185c98a0666fa..ea790645fda66385a461c515c5bca63652cdd699 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ struct rpc_cred *nfs4_get_renew_cred(struct nfs_client *clp);
 
 extern struct nfs4_state_owner * nfs4_get_state_owner(struct nfs_server *, struct rpc_cred *);
 extern void nfs4_put_state_owner(struct nfs4_state_owner *);
-extern void nfs4_drop_state_owner(struct nfs4_state_owner *);
 extern struct nfs4_state * nfs4_get_open_state(struct inode *, struct nfs4_state_owner *);
 extern void nfs4_put_open_state(struct nfs4_state *);
 extern void nfs4_close_state(struct path *, struct nfs4_state *, mode_t);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index 5a1e02c8b75ebabf60888da52569e5a137af9c60..856a8934f610ef4addd8ea4b51deb5d918dd5e53 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ nfs4_alloc_state_owner(void)
 	return sp;
 }
 
-void
+static void
 nfs4_drop_state_owner(struct nfs4_state_owner *sp)
 {
 	if (!RB_EMPTY_NODE(&sp->so_client_node)) {