diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index f82e53b0e5a7cafa9b7b3fe49b47738df9f26934..2668a0d742eedaa0e1c7d9988bcc90f786fe4ba4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5815,7 +5815,7 @@ static __init int register_snapshot_cmd(void)
 static inline __init int register_snapshot_cmd(void) { return 0; }
 #endif /* defined(CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT) && defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE) */
 
-struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry_tr(struct trace_array *tr)
+static struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry_tr(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	if (tr->dir)
 		return tr->dir;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 0eddfeb05fee1349332cf30fb51ef647ff91a9a4..dd8205a35760d7a4b8bf53543f52abd0f1f9a6aa 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@ struct dentry *trace_create_file(const char *name,
 				 void *data,
 				 const struct file_operations *fops);
 
-struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry_tr(struct trace_array *tr);
 struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry(void);
 
 struct ring_buffer_event;