diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 68db390504466252449f4bec1aa351c1b1d88a34..2029357fcf97dd23a30788a94f8b36a7ad3a9631 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1720,7 +1720,6 @@ int dentry_needs_remove_privs(struct dentry *dentry)
 		mask |= ATTR_KILL_PRIV;
 	return mask;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_needs_remove_privs);
 
 static int __remove_privs(struct dentry *dentry, int kill)
 {
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index f57ced528cde71d498ecb6339188cf6d4cd216f9..30b568f0261384a48ee0dee2b3aba25ac6305e31 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ extern int vfs_open(const struct path *, struct file *, const struct cred *);
  */
 extern long prune_icache_sb(struct super_block *sb, struct shrink_control *sc);
 extern void inode_add_lru(struct inode *inode);
+extern int dentry_needs_remove_privs(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 /*
  * fs-writeback.c
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3888341913ef7a92f406dffaf79239e37626e895..448641bcafc5d70b4e88884c6c4c378b24b8fd8c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2725,7 +2725,6 @@ extern struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void free_inode_nonrcu(struct inode *inode);
 extern int should_remove_suid(struct dentry *);
 extern int file_remove_privs(struct file *);
-extern int dentry_needs_remove_privs(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 extern void __insert_inode_hash(struct inode *, unsigned long hashval);
 static inline void insert_inode_hash(struct inode *inode)