diff --git a/net/mac80211/wme.c b/net/mac80211/wme.c
index 89511be3111ed56d9f82421044f9a32c3605707c..b3d4ee044e7cce0feb4100249056cf783f7b1a86 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/wme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/wme.c
@@ -52,6 +52,26 @@ static int wme_downgrade_ac(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 }
 
+static u16 ieee80211_downgrade_queue(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+				     struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	/* in case we are a client verify acm is not set for this ac */
+	while (unlikely(local->wmm_acm & BIT(skb->priority))) {
+		if (wme_downgrade_ac(skb)) {
+			/*
+			 * This should not really happen. The AP has marked all
+			 * lower ACs to require admission control which is not
+			 * a reasonable configuration. Allow the frame to be
+			 * transmitted using AC_BK as a workaround.
+			 */
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* look up which queue to use for frames with this 1d tag */
+	return ieee802_1d_to_ac[skb->priority];
+}
+
 /* Indicate which queue to use for this fully formed 802.11 frame */
 u16 ieee80211_select_queue_80211(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 				 struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -139,26 +159,6 @@ u16 ieee80211_select_queue(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	return ieee80211_downgrade_queue(local, skb);
 }
 
-u16 ieee80211_downgrade_queue(struct ieee80211_local *local,
-			      struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	/* in case we are a client verify acm is not set for this ac */
-	while (unlikely(local->wmm_acm & BIT(skb->priority))) {
-		if (wme_downgrade_ac(skb)) {
-			/*
-			 * This should not really happen. The AP has marked all
-			 * lower ACs to require admission control which is not
-			 * a reasonable configuration. Allow the frame to be
-			 * transmitted using AC_BK as a workaround.
-			 */
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* look up which queue to use for frames with this 1d tag */
-	return ieee802_1d_to_ac[skb->priority];
-}
-
 void ieee80211_set_qos_hdr(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			   struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
diff --git a/net/mac80211/wme.h b/net/mac80211/wme.h
index 94edceb617ff894f6579512d63a9e8711f9cebde..ca80818b7b66ed42c9f7c7b32b5e9ffc57360ea4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/wme.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/wme.h
@@ -22,8 +22,5 @@ u16 ieee80211_select_queue(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			   struct sk_buff *skb);
 void ieee80211_set_qos_hdr(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			   struct sk_buff *skb);
-u16 ieee80211_downgrade_queue(struct ieee80211_local *local,
-                              struct sk_buff *skb);
-
 
 #endif /* _WME_H */