diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h b/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
index 388d113fd289b9134cf34e930a26c6c99b7ea721..1e4f6600b31d4929cce729dcb38a3227b0de0a48 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ int fib_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq, int event, u32 tb_id,
 void rtmsg_fib(int event, __be32 key, struct fib_alias *fa, int dst_len,
 	       u32 tb_id, const struct nl_info *info, unsigned int nlm_flags);
 struct fib_alias *fib_find_alias(struct list_head *fah, u8 tos, u32 prio);
-int fib_detect_death(struct fib_info *fi, int order,
-		     struct fib_info **last_resort, int *last_idx, int dflt);
 
 static inline void fib_result_assign(struct fib_result *res,
 				     struct fib_info *fi)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index e63f47a4e651f2c5587723f7796e2fd9ec43b4f8..b53f0bf84dcaba3fd2767dd734add99d05db9fa6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -426,8 +426,9 @@ struct fib_alias *fib_find_alias(struct list_head *fah, u8 tos, u32 prio)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-int fib_detect_death(struct fib_info *fi, int order,
-		     struct fib_info **last_resort, int *last_idx, int dflt)
+static int fib_detect_death(struct fib_info *fi, int order,
+			    struct fib_info **last_resort, int *last_idx,
+			    int dflt)
 {
 	struct neighbour *n;
 	int state = NUD_NONE;