diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 52bf634260a11c162cd7b5a8859782ff5924a1bd..65c0c5b32351cfaf7b3f9facd5d0e37a1bd9ce9b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct nfs_read_data *nfs_readdata_alloc(unsigned int pagecount)
 	return p;
 }
 
-void nfs_readdata_free(struct nfs_read_data *p)
+static void nfs_readdata_free(struct nfs_read_data *p)
 {
 	if (p && (p->pagevec != &p->page_array[0]))
 		kfree(p->pagevec);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 86bac6a5008e7b3a1d7b5184887f1413dfb97d88..50774991f8d56f845b1a79ced47f6e526557306d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ struct nfs_write_data *nfs_writedata_alloc(unsigned int pagecount)
 	return p;
 }
 
-void nfs_writedata_free(struct nfs_write_data *p)
+static void nfs_writedata_free(struct nfs_write_data *p)
 {
 	if (p && (p->pagevec != &p->page_array[0]))
 		kfree(p->pagevec);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 55ea853d57bcbce9c6acfff30c132001954314e5..247434553ae881794a4188c05e6ea69c6a625bb0 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -476,10 +476,9 @@ static inline int nfs_wb_page(struct inode *inode, struct page* page)
 }
 
 /*
- * Allocate and free nfs_write_data structures
+ * Allocate nfs_write_data structures
  */
 extern struct nfs_write_data *nfs_writedata_alloc(unsigned int pagecount);
-extern void nfs_writedata_free(struct nfs_write_data *p);
 
 /*
  * linux/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -491,10 +490,9 @@ extern int  nfs_readpage_result(struct rpc_task *, struct nfs_read_data *);
 extern void nfs_readdata_release(void *data);
 
 /*
- * Allocate and free nfs_read_data structures
+ * Allocate nfs_read_data structures
  */
 extern struct nfs_read_data *nfs_readdata_alloc(unsigned int pagecount);
-extern void nfs_readdata_free(struct nfs_read_data *p);
 
 /*
  * linux/fs/nfs3proc.c