diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index d7bb59d5dd9c63dbba3986cfc1d85afe4d293387..0feb23815e389d40984bad929b63f2bc559dcdc1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -247,9 +247,6 @@ static inline struct nfs4_session *nfs4_get_session(const struct nfs_server *ser
 	return server->nfs_client->cl_session;
 }
 
-extern int nfs4_setup_sequence(const struct nfs_server *server,
-		struct nfs4_sequence_args *args, struct nfs4_sequence_res *res,
-		struct rpc_task *task);
 extern int nfs41_setup_sequence(struct nfs4_session *session,
 		struct nfs4_sequence_args *args, struct nfs4_sequence_res *res,
 		struct rpc_task *task);
@@ -278,14 +275,6 @@ static inline struct nfs4_session *nfs4_get_session(const struct nfs_server *ser
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static inline int nfs4_setup_sequence(const struct nfs_server *server,
-		struct nfs4_sequence_args *args, struct nfs4_sequence_res *res,
-		struct rpc_task *task)
-{
-	rpc_call_start(task);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline bool
 is_ds_only_client(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 069cd822aaadbd2795a3d6b51f9805f80344ba06..f6be2264e39cb341a66c18970ed0999e6a71d6f6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -697,10 +697,10 @@ int nfs41_setup_sequence(struct nfs4_session *session,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs41_setup_sequence);
 
-int nfs4_setup_sequence(const struct nfs_server *server,
-			struct nfs4_sequence_args *args,
-			struct nfs4_sequence_res *res,
-			struct rpc_task *task)
+static int nfs4_setup_sequence(const struct nfs_server *server,
+			       struct nfs4_sequence_args *args,
+			       struct nfs4_sequence_res *res,
+			       struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	struct nfs4_session *session = nfs4_get_session(server);
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -783,6 +783,14 @@ static void nfs4_set_sequence_privileged(struct nfs4_sequence_args *args)
 {
 }
 
+static int nfs4_setup_sequence(const struct nfs_server *server,
+			       struct nfs4_sequence_args *args,
+			       struct nfs4_sequence_res *res,
+			       struct rpc_task *task)
+{
+	rpc_call_start(task);
+	return 0;
+}
 
 static int nfs4_sequence_done(struct rpc_task *task,
 			       struct nfs4_sequence_res *res)