diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_sec.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_sec.h
index ab963b9ea9d8aeab77a891d7a5499fa2b3468992..fc1f57355971d70db1633c5824fc949a06e3b06f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_sec.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_sec.h
@@ -1028,7 +1028,6 @@ void sptlrpc_req_put_ctx(struct ptlrpc_request *req, int sync);
 int  sptlrpc_req_refresh_ctx(struct ptlrpc_request *req, long timeout);
 void sptlrpc_req_set_flavor(struct ptlrpc_request *req, int opcode);
 
-int sptlrpc_parse_rule(char *param, struct sptlrpc_rule *rule);
 
 /* gc */
 void sptlrpc_gc_add_sec(struct ptlrpc_sec *sec);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c
index 7e698f34b0c1a51e4c37d4d587ff621db9a294ab..c96a5c7b0494f221a7b02c9207ad5417596edf6a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_config.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static void sptlrpc_rule_init(struct sptlrpc_rule *rule)
 /*
  * format: network[.direction]=flavor
  */
-int sptlrpc_parse_rule(char *param, struct sptlrpc_rule *rule)
+static int sptlrpc_parse_rule(char *param, struct sptlrpc_rule *rule)
 {
 	char *flavor, *dir;
 	int rc;
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ int sptlrpc_parse_rule(char *param, struct sptlrpc_rule *rule)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(sptlrpc_parse_rule);
 
 static void sptlrpc_rule_set_free(struct sptlrpc_rule_set *rset)
 {