diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 24ea994b6274c324143973a74aeedf78088ffc74..10406dbc35b33c91d19ef2599e4f775c0332b703 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ static int macvlan_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	return dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 }
 
-netdev_tx_t macvlan_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
-			       struct net_device *dev)
+static netdev_tx_t macvlan_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				      struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned int len = skb->len;
 	int ret;
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ netdev_tx_t macvlan_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(macvlan_start_xmit);
 
 static int macvlan_hard_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			       unsigned short type, const void *daddr,
diff --git a/include/linux/if_macvlan.h b/include/linux/if_macvlan.h
index ea22721ba269e6d49611fd8ad745ffc363e57ad0..551bdd3722a2e9a8ed4b3aa315c5fd5a30e4eb09 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_macvlan.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_macvlan.h
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ extern void macvlan_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head);
 
 extern int macvlan_link_register(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
 
-extern netdev_tx_t macvlan_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				      struct net_device *dev);
-
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MACVLAN)
 static inline struct net_device *
 macvlan_dev_real_dev(const struct net_device *dev)