diff --git a/include/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
index 66247eff24a053227d7915342c2fe2a2dfc621a8..05fddd5bee5d316d8da53dcb8e85ceede32199e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -144,9 +144,6 @@ void mpol_free_shared_policy(struct shared_policy *p);
 struct mempolicy *mpol_shared_policy_lookup(struct shared_policy *sp,
 					    unsigned long idx);
 
-struct mempolicy *get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task,
-			struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr);
-
 extern void numa_default_policy(void);
 extern void numa_policy_init(void);
 extern void numa_policy_rebind(const nodemask_t *old, const nodemask_t *new);
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 4c0510e9e7f660223d069b9578f4b07e92a90f39..4b077ec6c005d8e4221bf98cf0ca41c8b46eda49 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -935,8 +935,8 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_mbind(compat_ulong_t start, compat_ulong_t len,
 #endif
 
 /* Return effective policy for a VMA */
-struct mempolicy *
-get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
+static struct mempolicy * get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task,
+		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct mempolicy *pol = task->mempolicy;