diff --git a/include/net/ip.h b/include/net/ip.h
index fdbab0c00fca68afcdb2f8191dc4017e083aceff..3984f2c39c4ba8b4d2a4e4dab6d743f0c9faf798 100644
--- a/include/net/ip.h
+++ b/include/net/ip.h
@@ -517,7 +517,6 @@ void ip_dst_metrics_put(struct dst_entry *dst)
 		kfree(p);
 }
 
-u32 ip_idents_reserve(u32 hash, int segs);
 void __ip_select_ident(struct net *net, struct iphdr *iph, int segs);
 
 static inline void ip_select_ident_segs(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index e42e283b5515e0a18ca230440b018f322380f14a..8b35075088e1f2e31e6196fc714c846beee7d56a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static u32 *ip_tstamps __read_mostly;
  * if one generator is seldom used. This makes hard for an attacker
  * to infer how many packets were sent between two points in time.
  */
-u32 ip_idents_reserve(u32 hash, int segs)
+static u32 ip_idents_reserve(u32 hash, int segs)
 {
 	u32 bucket, old, now = (u32)jiffies;
 	atomic_t *p_id;
@@ -478,7 +478,6 @@ u32 ip_idents_reserve(u32 hash, int segs)
 	 */
 	return atomic_add_return(segs + delta, p_id) - segs;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_idents_reserve);
 
 void __ip_select_ident(struct net *net, struct iphdr *iph, int segs)
 {