diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_sec.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_sec.h
index 50560a8cb5b313d63e0beea200a796bab276f578..ab963b9ea9d8aeab77a891d7a5499fa2b3468992 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_sec.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_sec.h
@@ -1026,7 +1026,6 @@ void sptlrpc_import_flush_all_ctx(struct obd_import *imp);
 int  sptlrpc_req_get_ctx(struct ptlrpc_request *req);
 void sptlrpc_req_put_ctx(struct ptlrpc_request *req, int sync);
 int  sptlrpc_req_refresh_ctx(struct ptlrpc_request *req, long timeout);
-int  sptlrpc_req_replace_dead_ctx(struct ptlrpc_request *req);
 void sptlrpc_req_set_flavor(struct ptlrpc_request *req, int opcode);
 
 int sptlrpc_parse_rule(char *param, struct sptlrpc_rule *rule);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec.c
index 67604b5606705475564064367e54326e85149863..84e9881806b5d1358d6afdf24961f3a20c0bac32 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ int sptlrpc_req_ctx_switch(struct ptlrpc_request *req,
  * \note a request must have a context, to keep other parts of code happy.
  * In any case of failure during the switching, we must restore the old one.
  */
-int sptlrpc_req_replace_dead_ctx(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
+static int sptlrpc_req_replace_dead_ctx(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 {
 	struct ptlrpc_cli_ctx *oldctx = req->rq_cli_ctx;
 	struct ptlrpc_cli_ctx *newctx;
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ int sptlrpc_req_replace_dead_ctx(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 	sptlrpc_cli_ctx_put(oldctx, 1);
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(sptlrpc_req_replace_dead_ctx);
 
 static
 int ctx_check_refresh(struct ptlrpc_cli_ctx *ctx)