diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 793f03e15191446cbc3e0975a871a579ccea8aeb..2a80698b63242b45fcf665c5a5b9a6801d0f13bc 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -1430,7 +1430,6 @@ void ieee80211_sta_rx_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			     struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr);
 void ieee80211_sta_tx_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			     struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr, bool ack);
-void ieee80211_beacon_connection_loss_work(struct work_struct *work);
 
 void ieee80211_wake_queues_by_reason(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				     enum queue_stop_reason reason);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index b9cb8dbe34d97e143599751441bd8554e7060e76..ddb2db5c5b05373919f4446518cb9ae6ed8b0ec5 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ static void __ieee80211_connection_loss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 	mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
 }
 
-void ieee80211_beacon_connection_loss_work(struct work_struct *work)
+static void ieee80211_beacon_connection_loss_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata =
 		container_of(work, struct ieee80211_sub_if_data,