diff --git a/net/wireless/core.h b/net/wireless/core.h
index 3975ffa8feb2536b57984e173f8223714afeeb31..579149d0ea34f42f2a865ab705c355cc9c2ce085 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.h
+++ b/net/wireless/core.h
@@ -246,10 +246,6 @@ void cfg80211_bss_age(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
                       unsigned long age_secs);
 
 /* IBSS */
-int __cfg80211_join_ibss(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
-			 struct net_device *dev,
-			 struct cfg80211_ibss_params *params,
-			 struct cfg80211_cached_keys *connkeys);
 int cfg80211_join_ibss(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 		       struct net_device *dev,
 		       struct cfg80211_ibss_params *params,
diff --git a/net/wireless/ibss.c b/net/wireless/ibss.c
index 349db9ddc0d13737eb84f874bc3b556b61b38026..a6b5bdad039c7450f276d1e56994661e2e41952c 100644
--- a/net/wireless/ibss.c
+++ b/net/wireless/ibss.c
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ void cfg80211_ibss_joined(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *bssid,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_ibss_joined);
 
-int __cfg80211_join_ibss(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
-			 struct net_device *dev,
-			 struct cfg80211_ibss_params *params,
-			 struct cfg80211_cached_keys *connkeys)
+static int __cfg80211_join_ibss(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
+				struct net_device *dev,
+				struct cfg80211_ibss_params *params,
+				struct cfg80211_cached_keys *connkeys)
 {
 	struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
 	struct ieee80211_channel *check_chan;