diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c b/arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c
index bd49321034db775a486279fbdf8948a1b9392401..c706a3061553d31f69e8904ae23b7b2b335ccfd8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
 int io_delay_type __read_mostly = CONFIG_DEFAULT_IO_DELAY_TYPE;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(io_delay_type);
 
 static int __initdata io_delay_override;