diff --git a/include/net/xfrm.h b/include/net/xfrm.h
index 4f53532d4c2f0f6e20d200fabafe1ac51dd1632c..36fdcb3fab9e3c33e4af61092a73f8c27af7d775 100644
--- a/include/net/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/xfrm.h
@@ -1419,7 +1419,6 @@ extern int xfrm6_input_addr(struct sk_buff *skb, xfrm_address_t *daddr,
 extern int xfrm6_tunnel_register(struct xfrm6_tunnel *handler, unsigned short family);
 extern int xfrm6_tunnel_deregister(struct xfrm6_tunnel *handler, unsigned short family);
 extern __be32 xfrm6_tunnel_alloc_spi(struct net *net, xfrm_address_t *saddr);
-extern void xfrm6_tunnel_free_spi(struct net *net, xfrm_address_t *saddr);
 extern __be32 xfrm6_tunnel_spi_lookup(struct net *net, xfrm_address_t *saddr);
 extern int xfrm6_extract_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern int xfrm6_prepare_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c
index ac7584b946a5c38692b626f2c939701e1e5b1cb8..2969cad408deef8e5c798606157a052064489156 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static void x6spi_destroy_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 			container_of(head, struct xfrm6_tunnel_spi, rcu_head));
 }
 
-void xfrm6_tunnel_free_spi(struct net *net, xfrm_address_t *saddr)
+static void xfrm6_tunnel_free_spi(struct net *net, xfrm_address_t *saddr)
 {
 	struct xfrm6_tunnel_net *xfrm6_tn = xfrm6_tunnel_pernet(net);
 	struct xfrm6_tunnel_spi *x6spi;
@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ void xfrm6_tunnel_free_spi(struct net *net, xfrm_address_t *saddr)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&xfrm6_tunnel_spi_lock);
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm6_tunnel_free_spi);
-
 static int xfrm6_tunnel_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	skb_push(skb, -skb_network_offset(skb));