diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 788acfb9aea5524a2669b083050f256f0a4d5eff..354b79e9dcc4529be3709df12b40a219f1e67f8b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2178,7 +2178,6 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_request *
 i915_gem_find_active_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring);
 
 bool i915_gem_retire_requests(struct drm_device *dev);
-void i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring);
 int __must_check i915_gem_check_wedge(struct i915_gpu_error *error,
 				      bool interruptible);
 static inline bool i915_reset_in_progress(struct i915_gpu_error *error)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 6e17b45db85072d08cbe5af32e2b503c0a614969..18ea6bccbbf04c9f67e659d8eea33f548a06bbd6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static unsigned long i915_gem_inactive_scan(struct shrinker *shrinker,
 static unsigned long i915_gem_purge(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, long target);
 static unsigned long i915_gem_shrink_all(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 static void i915_gem_object_truncate(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
+static void i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring);
 
 static bool cpu_cache_is_coherent(struct drm_device *dev,
 				  enum i915_cache_level level)
@@ -2414,7 +2415,7 @@ void i915_gem_reset(struct drm_device *dev)
 /**
  * This function clears the request list as sequence numbers are passed.
  */
-void
+static void
 i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 {
 	uint32_t seqno;