diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_sec.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_sec.h
index 4f1d9839600608ad9b5fa7665ed5f1872bed4636..50560a8cb5b313d63e0beea200a796bab276f578 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_sec.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_sec.h
@@ -329,12 +329,6 @@ static inline void sptlrpc_rule_set_init(struct sptlrpc_rule_set *set)
 	memset(set, 0, sizeof(*set));
 }
 
-int sptlrpc_rule_set_choose(struct sptlrpc_rule_set *rset,
-			    enum lustre_sec_part from,
-			    enum lustre_sec_part to,
-			    lnet_nid_t nid,
-			    struct sptlrpc_flavor *sf);
-
 int  sptlrpc_process_config(struct lustre_cfg *lcfg);
 void sptlrpc_conf_log_start(const char *logname);
 void sptlrpc_conf_log_stop(const char *logname);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c
index 0664042fe22cf850dea4500971deeea21cf7c29f..7e698f34b0c1a51e4c37d4d587ff621db9a294ab 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c
@@ -373,11 +373,11 @@ static int sptlrpc_rule_set_merge(struct sptlrpc_rule_set *rset,
  * given from/to/nid, determine a matching flavor in ruleset.
  * return 1 if a match found, otherwise return 0.
  */
-int sptlrpc_rule_set_choose(struct sptlrpc_rule_set *rset,
-			    enum lustre_sec_part from,
-			    enum lustre_sec_part to,
-			    lnet_nid_t nid,
-			    struct sptlrpc_flavor *sf)
+static int sptlrpc_rule_set_choose(struct sptlrpc_rule_set *rset,
+				   enum lustre_sec_part from,
+				   enum lustre_sec_part to,
+				   lnet_nid_t nid,
+				   struct sptlrpc_flavor *sf)
 {
 	struct sptlrpc_rule *r;
 	int n;
@@ -404,7 +404,6 @@ int sptlrpc_rule_set_choose(struct sptlrpc_rule_set *rset,
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(sptlrpc_rule_set_choose);
 
 /**********************************
  * sptlrpc configuration support  *