diff --git a/fs/autofs/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs/autofs_i.h
index 5057b9f0f8461029ae9afb4d321a7e64d0f91da4..fe1b62cfc76953777c7c6fa311d210a5f8f576a1 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs/autofs_i.h
@@ -156,9 +156,6 @@ int autofs_do_expire_multi(struct super_block *sb, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 			   struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, int when);
 int autofs_expire_multi(struct super_block *, struct vfsmount *,
 			struct autofs_sb_info *, int __user *);
-struct dentry *autofs_expire_direct(struct super_block *sb,
-				    struct vfsmount *mnt,
-				    struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, int how);
 struct dentry *autofs_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
 				      struct vfsmount *mnt,
 				      struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, int how);
diff --git a/fs/autofs/expire.c b/fs/autofs/expire.c
index 41855cdc56308e9ad7ef7573fd196e9f8bb2ae72..64e6eba2c62816b4cb22a19fb4aa536561b25b53 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/expire.c
@@ -292,10 +292,10 @@ static struct dentry *autofs_check_leaves(struct vfsmount *mnt,
 }
 
 /* Check if we can expire a direct mount (possibly a tree) */
-struct dentry *autofs_expire_direct(struct super_block *sb,
-				    struct vfsmount *mnt,
-				    struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
-				    int how)
+static struct dentry *autofs_expire_direct(struct super_block *sb,
+					   struct vfsmount *mnt,
+					   struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
+					   int how)
 {
 	unsigned long timeout;
 	struct dentry *root = dget(sb->s_root);