diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.c
index b74f64af19235e8cb6abbc8e04c8d87cc7db83c8..0c9d08d8469471a909665abe3a300282c574f771 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.c
@@ -23,7 +23,20 @@
 #include "core.h"
 #include "pinconf.h"
 
-int pin_config_get_for_pin(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, unsigned pin,
+int pinconf_check_ops(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
+{
+	const struct pinconf_ops *ops = pctldev->desc->confops;
+
+	/* We must be able to read out pin status */
+	if (!ops->pin_config_get && !ops->pin_config_group_get)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	/* We have to be able to config the pins in SOME way */
+	if (!ops->pin_config_set && !ops->pin_config_group_set)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int pin_config_get_for_pin(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, unsigned pin,
 			   unsigned long *config)
 {
 	const struct pinconf_ops *ops = pctldev->desc->confops;
@@ -63,7 +76,7 @@ int pin_config_get(const char *dev_name, const char *name,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_config_get);
 
-int pin_config_set_for_pin(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, unsigned pin,
+static int pin_config_set_for_pin(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, unsigned pin,
 			   unsigned long config)
 {
 	const struct pinconf_ops *ops = pctldev->desc->confops;
@@ -138,7 +151,6 @@ int pin_config_group_get(const char *dev_name, const char *pin_group,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_config_group_get);
 
-
 int pin_config_group_set(const char *dev_name, const char *pin_group,
 			 unsigned long config)
 {
@@ -205,19 +217,6 @@ int pin_config_group_set(const char *dev_name, const char *pin_group,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_config_group_set);
 
-int pinconf_check_ops(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
-{
-	const struct pinconf_ops *ops = pctldev->desc->confops;
-
-	/* We must be able to read out pin status */
-	if (!ops->pin_config_get && !ops->pin_config_group_get)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	/* We have to be able to config the pins in SOME way */
-	if (!ops->pin_config_set && !ops->pin_config_group_set)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 
 static void pinconf_dump_pin(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.h b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.h
index 006b77fa737e8841ff84713fe3ea24b74a82fd37..1d6ea9de75fcd0b20fe6fbce30ac8336e882794d 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.h
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.h
@@ -14,12 +14,9 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_PINCONF
 
 int pinconf_check_ops(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev);
+
 void pinconf_init_device_debugfs(struct dentry *devroot,
 				 struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev);
-int pin_config_get_for_pin(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, unsigned pin,
-			   unsigned long *config);
-int pin_config_set_for_pin(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, unsigned pin,
-			   unsigned long config);
 
 #else