diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 6a7f2b83a1263f4c4ca6bc33b4a22fd5893bf445..2ae35b2f80fdc8912a5fca071d5d61fb588b45f4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ bool dm_table_request_based(struct dm_table *t)
 	return dm_table_get_type(t) == DM_TYPE_REQUEST_BASED;
 }
 
-int dm_table_alloc_md_mempools(struct dm_table *t)
+static int dm_table_alloc_md_mempools(struct dm_table *t)
 {
 	unsigned type = dm_table_get_type(t);
 	unsigned per_bio_data_size = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.h b/drivers/md/dm.h
index c4569f02f50f1a181ed6f6f2bd797bd62c0c7f47..88cc58c5871a49e072edc8b21723ffc1f0b63779 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.h
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ unsigned dm_table_get_type(struct dm_table *t);
 struct target_type *dm_table_get_immutable_target_type(struct dm_table *t);
 bool dm_table_request_based(struct dm_table *t);
 bool dm_table_supports_discards(struct dm_table *t);
-int dm_table_alloc_md_mempools(struct dm_table *t);
 void dm_table_free_md_mempools(struct dm_table *t);
 struct dm_md_mempools *dm_table_get_md_mempools(struct dm_table *t);