diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
index 032bf1e765dff88725c40b9f1c6c85e16c608bf4..5bf329ed9d784c68fc4ba56622e06ccae87e46cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ void setup_APIC_extended_lvt(unsigned char lvt_off, unsigned char vector,
  * value into /proc/profile.
  */
 
-void smp_local_timer_interrupt(void)
+static void smp_local_timer_interrupt(void)
 {
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	struct clock_event_device *evt = &per_cpu(lapic_events, cpu);
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/apic.h b/include/asm-x86/apic.h
index c064c1f84bab28f33245c0a1e166d7f2cb352b3f..d0a221fa1fc326661fb0c21dff995485b78390d7 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/apic.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/apic.h
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ extern void sync_Arb_IDs(void);
 extern void init_bsp_APIC(void);
 extern void setup_local_APIC(void);
 extern void init_apic_mappings(void);
-extern void smp_local_timer_interrupt(void);
 extern void setup_boot_APIC_clock(void);
 extern void setup_secondary_APIC_clock(void);
 extern int APIC_init_uniprocessor(void);