diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 78b067ddb3868d303cd52010ebeb70eb31857b83..d6eccd04d7038a9937e89630d4e1a00dbed98ef6 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ struct file *alloc_empty_file(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
  * @flags: O_... flags with which the new file will be opened
  * @fop: the 'struct file_operations' for the new file
  */
-struct file *alloc_file(const struct path *path, int flags,
+static struct file *alloc_file(const struct path *path, int flags,
 		const struct file_operations *fop)
 {
 	struct file *file;
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ struct file *alloc_file(const struct path *path, int flags,
 		i_readcount_inc(path->dentry->d_inode);
 	return file;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_file);
 
 struct file *alloc_file_pseudo(struct inode *inode, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 				const char *name, int flags,
diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
index 60914843c737992a04a0caa844d1428a4318ab73..6b2fb032416ca2fcf285c199aeb43aa845f3ac00 100644
--- a/include/linux/file.h
+++ b/include/linux/file.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ struct vfsmount;
 struct dentry;
 struct inode;
 struct path;
-extern struct file *alloc_file(const struct path *, int flags,
-	const struct file_operations *fop);
 extern struct file *alloc_file_pseudo(struct inode *, struct vfsmount *,
 	const char *, int flags, const struct file_operations *);
 extern struct file *alloc_file_clone(struct file *, int flags,