diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index d3de5096a6207042cce1ebebec3f98cc29c1af51..8d4a2b569f050a05591aa96c04f3d0333b738e88 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -3883,6 +3883,13 @@ static struct ieee80211_ops iwl_hw_ops = {
 	.flush = iwl_mac_flush,
 };
 
+static void iwl_hw_detect(struct iwl_priv *priv)
+{
+	priv->hw_rev = _iwl_read32(priv, CSR_HW_REV);
+	priv->hw_wa_rev = _iwl_read32(priv, CSR_HW_REV_WA_REG);
+	pci_read_config_byte(priv->pci_dev, PCI_REVISION_ID, &priv->rev_id);
+}
+
 static int iwl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
 	int err = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
index 2c03c6e20a72d73ded70f8c96d37bfce6aa8e263..db8f15f3df465b1f60cfcb00892690840ab2e80d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
@@ -183,14 +183,6 @@ struct ieee80211_hw *iwl_alloc_all(struct iwl_cfg *cfg,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_alloc_all);
 
-void iwl_hw_detect(struct iwl_priv *priv)
-{
-	priv->hw_rev = _iwl_read32(priv, CSR_HW_REV);
-	priv->hw_wa_rev = _iwl_read32(priv, CSR_HW_REV_WA_REG);
-	pci_read_config_byte(priv->pci_dev, PCI_REVISION_ID, &priv->rev_id);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_hw_detect);
-
 /*
  * QoS  support
 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
index a8fa31f360eaad3d8342092dea77a83c9f89a4a3..ac16f582d6d3848495bb11fed8b4ff22da955894 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ struct iwl_cfg {
 
 struct ieee80211_hw *iwl_alloc_all(struct iwl_cfg *cfg,
 		struct ieee80211_ops *hw_ops);
-void iwl_hw_detect(struct iwl_priv *priv);
 void iwl_activate_qos(struct iwl_priv *priv);
 int iwl_mac_conf_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u16 queue,
 		    const struct ieee80211_tx_queue_params *params);