diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 70eb64a7e1a17a842ec6388b3f7c542ca1852519..535a18f57a134fe9ada157e6a053761cba9d6ccb 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -1161,7 +1161,6 @@ void sctp_outq_init(struct sctp_association *, struct sctp_outq *);
 void sctp_outq_teardown(struct sctp_outq *);
 void sctp_outq_free(struct sctp_outq*);
 int sctp_outq_tail(struct sctp_outq *, struct sctp_chunk *chunk);
-int sctp_outq_flush(struct sctp_outq *, int);
 int sctp_outq_sack(struct sctp_outq *, struct sctp_sackhdr *);
 int sctp_outq_is_empty(const struct sctp_outq *);
 void sctp_outq_restart(struct sctp_outq *);
diff --git a/net/sctp/outqueue.c b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
index 70ead8dc348591fc1494131120f4509fef372b95..4328ad5439c9fa014f10cea4e9d17ab6b9ffbffd 100644
--- a/net/sctp/outqueue.c
+++ b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ static void sctp_mark_missing(struct sctp_outq *q,
 
 static void sctp_generate_fwdtsn(struct sctp_outq *q, __u32 sack_ctsn);
 
+static int sctp_outq_flush(struct sctp_outq *q, int rtx_timeout);
+
 /* Add data to the front of the queue. */
 static inline void sctp_outq_head_data(struct sctp_outq *q,
 					struct sctp_chunk *ch)
@@ -712,7 +714,7 @@ int sctp_outq_uncork(struct sctp_outq *q)
  * locking concerns must be made.  Today we use the sock lock to protect
  * this function.
  */
-int sctp_outq_flush(struct sctp_outq *q, int rtx_timeout)
+static int sctp_outq_flush(struct sctp_outq *q, int rtx_timeout)
 {
 	struct sctp_packet *packet;
 	struct sctp_packet singleton;