diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_api.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_api.h
index fca23380e667e61a015beb854218fe5322bacd44..f32b7a47e13f611c65486ca2c70650f8bc3a0646 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_api.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/gss_api.h
@@ -145,9 +145,6 @@ struct gss_api_mech *gss_mech_get_by_pseudoflavor(u32);
 /* Fill in an array with a list of supported pseudoflavors */
 int gss_mech_list_pseudoflavors(rpc_authflavor_t *, int);
 
-/* Just increments the mechanism's reference count and returns its input: */
-struct gss_api_mech * gss_mech_get(struct gss_api_mech *);
-
 /* For every successful gss_mech_get or gss_mech_get_by_* call there must be a
  * corresponding call to gss_mech_put. */
 void gss_mech_put(struct gss_api_mech *);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
index deaa7ae81cdf60835c6132188a51bf323ee264fb..89416522ef794c696e1597fd5fe08f05bd4221b0 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
@@ -132,15 +132,12 @@ gss_mech_unregister(struct gss_api_mech *gm)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gss_mech_unregister);
 
-struct gss_api_mech *
-gss_mech_get(struct gss_api_mech *gm)
+static struct gss_api_mech *gss_mech_get(struct gss_api_mech *gm)
 {
 	__module_get(gm->gm_owner);
 	return gm;
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gss_mech_get);
-
 static struct gss_api_mech *
 _gss_mech_get_by_name(const char *name)
 {