diff --git a/drivers/bcma/bcma_private.h b/drivers/bcma/bcma_private.h
index 0215f9ad755cebb2de648035d801f042b1a29383..09b632ad0fe20ec97f3452df80e0cc525e7bfdd3 100644
--- a/drivers/bcma/bcma_private.h
+++ b/drivers/bcma/bcma_private.h
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ int __init bcma_bus_early_register(struct bcma_bus *bus,
 int bcma_bus_suspend(struct bcma_bus *bus);
 int bcma_bus_resume(struct bcma_bus *bus);
 #endif
-struct bcma_device *bcma_find_core_unit(struct bcma_bus *bus, u16 coreid,
-					u8 unit);
 
 /* scan.c */
 int bcma_bus_scan(struct bcma_bus *bus);
diff --git a/drivers/bcma/main.c b/drivers/bcma/main.c
index 5a9f6bdc88f1870f5e3c89a5c4e75f1981bb91f3..34ea4c588d36bd798ee83bc9db6273eba6baf034 100644
--- a/drivers/bcma/main.c
+++ b/drivers/bcma/main.c
@@ -78,18 +78,6 @@ static u16 bcma_cc_core_id(struct bcma_bus *bus)
 	return BCMA_CORE_CHIPCOMMON;
 }
 
-struct bcma_device *bcma_find_core(struct bcma_bus *bus, u16 coreid)
-{
-	struct bcma_device *core;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(core, &bus->cores, list) {
-		if (core->id.id == coreid)
-			return core;
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bcma_find_core);
-
 struct bcma_device *bcma_find_core_unit(struct bcma_bus *bus, u16 coreid,
 					u8 unit)
 {
@@ -101,6 +89,7 @@ struct bcma_device *bcma_find_core_unit(struct bcma_bus *bus, u16 coreid,
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bcma_find_core_unit);
 
 bool bcma_wait_value(struct bcma_device *core, u16 reg, u32 mask, u32 value,
 		     int timeout)
diff --git a/include/linux/bcma/bcma.h b/include/linux/bcma/bcma.h
index 4d043c30216fc978f1d78bd1425177efef623186..0b3bb16c705a2eadc841d56bf177a900e7a8166e 100644
--- a/include/linux/bcma/bcma.h
+++ b/include/linux/bcma/bcma.h
@@ -418,7 +418,14 @@ static inline void bcma_maskset16(struct bcma_device *cc,
 	bcma_write16(cc, offset, (bcma_read16(cc, offset) & mask) | set);
 }
 
-extern struct bcma_device *bcma_find_core(struct bcma_bus *bus, u16 coreid);
+extern struct bcma_device *bcma_find_core_unit(struct bcma_bus *bus, u16 coreid,
+					       u8 unit);
+static inline struct bcma_device *bcma_find_core(struct bcma_bus *bus,
+						 u16 coreid)
+{
+	return bcma_find_core_unit(bus, coreid, 0);
+}
+
 extern bool bcma_core_is_enabled(struct bcma_device *core);
 extern void bcma_core_disable(struct bcma_device *core, u32 flags);
 extern int bcma_core_enable(struct bcma_device *core, u32 flags);