diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.c
index 0d5dbf3908d9172aa6ed5d3301760e56b42e5c2a..45dbe305afed2fff3053403885e5e7c10ecdc820 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hv_cb_utils);
 /*
  * alloc_channel - Allocate and initialize a vmbus channel object
  */
-struct vmbus_channel *alloc_channel(void)
+static struct vmbus_channel *alloc_channel(void)
 {
 	struct vmbus_channel *channel;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.h b/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.h
index b0ed31f75ebb8dd9603dd778296c00edd8b22145..d16cc0811169654b11e0f4501d7493bf98e49330 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/channel_mgmt.h
@@ -307,8 +307,6 @@ struct vmbus_channel_msginfo {
 };
 
 
-struct vmbus_channel *alloc_channel(void);
-
 void free_channel(struct vmbus_channel *channel);
 
 void vmbus_onmessage(void *context);