diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
index 3080d9dd031d14f27553b8596dc4d2dc0248bdfa..5c71cb9334266f1b462198481310d1238f81ae8b 100644
--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void of_fdt_limit_memory(int limit)
  * On match, returns a non-zero value with smaller values returned for more
  * specific compatible values.
  */
-int of_fdt_is_compatible(const void *blob,
+static int of_fdt_is_compatible(const void *blob,
 		      unsigned long node, const char *compat)
 {
 	const char *cp;
diff --git a/include/linux/of_fdt.h b/include/linux/of_fdt.h
index 1dfbfd0d8040cb56820e43f51fc9bf58b7d117e8..013c5418aeecfdbdfb5804c6f69547b2aa57c463 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_fdt.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_fdt.h
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ extern void *of_fdt_get_property(const void *blob,
 				 unsigned long node,
 				 const char *name,
 				 int *size);
-extern int of_fdt_is_compatible(const void *blob,
-				unsigned long node,
-				const char *compat);
 extern bool of_fdt_is_big_endian(const void *blob,
 				 unsigned long node);
 extern int of_fdt_match(const void *blob, unsigned long node,