diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 79e1cb0f7b15243dc2d51712f38155ca2fe4afcb..f49f6325b332ba1a8a55174622cd14bc14f272cd 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -337,15 +337,14 @@ static void __blk_mq_free_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	blk_queue_exit(q);
 }
 
-void blk_mq_free_hctx_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq)
+static void blk_mq_free_hctx_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
+				     struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx = rq->mq_ctx;
 
 	ctx->rq_completed[rq_is_sync(rq)]++;
 	__blk_mq_free_request(hctx, ctx, rq);
-
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mq_free_hctx_request);
 
 void blk_mq_free_request(struct request *rq)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index afc81d77e4713c3ef13c7b040a1949b5929cd2d4..2686f9e7302a5e6e624e1c7d645bf8ab3fb36b3c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ void blk_mq_flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule);
 
 void blk_mq_insert_request(struct request *, bool, bool, bool);
 void blk_mq_free_request(struct request *rq);
-void blk_mq_free_hctx_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, struct request *rq);
 bool blk_mq_can_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *);
 
 enum {