diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
index 1b713319be6089c03e770ac9bd7c05275043a955..0c60ff28e7fa17bf6fa6eaffa789c1724abe4d30 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ static irqreturn_t aer_isr(int irq, void *context)
  *
  * Invoked when Root Port detects AER messages.
  */
-irqreturn_t aer_irq(int irq, void *context)
+static irqreturn_t aer_irq(int irq, void *context)
 {
 	struct pcie_device *pdev = (struct pcie_device *)context;
 	struct aer_rpc *rpc = get_service_data(pdev);
@@ -1249,7 +1249,6 @@ irqreturn_t aer_irq(int irq, void *context)
 
 	return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(aer_irq);
 
 static int set_device_error_reporting(struct pci_dev *dev, void *data)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer_inject.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer_inject.c
index 3bfcffc39e5838dbf043cc555f2706964da5439a..47ce382939fddcb23a21cd0a4cc6afe4ad234052 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer_inject.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer_inject.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -474,7 +475,9 @@ static int aer_inject(struct aer_error_inj *einj)
 		dev_info(&edev->device,
 			 "aer_inject: Injecting errors %08x/%08x into device %s\n",
 			 einj->cor_status, einj->uncor_status, pci_name(dev));
-		aer_irq(-1, edev);
+		local_irq_disable();
+		generic_handle_irq(edev->irq);
+		local_irq_enable();
 	} else {
 		pci_err(rpdev, "aer_inject: AER device not found\n");
 		ret = -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv.h b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv.h
index 2498b2d340095e53cf2191bdf992ab866139614a..55fe9f7602decf674c5960ac2b57128d2097f4b1 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv.h
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv.h
@@ -147,10 +147,6 @@ static inline int pcie_aer_get_firmware_first(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PCIEAER
-irqreturn_t aer_irq(int irq, void *context);
-#endif
-
 struct pcie_port_service_driver *pcie_port_find_service(struct pci_dev *dev,
 							u32 service);
 struct device *pcie_port_find_device(struct pci_dev *dev, u32 service);