diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index d3ddb31e363e1181594e5ce0d768537a6ae7e5ee..e6ee0f459a200bc8e0643b8df18001cf6ba70a29 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -693,7 +693,6 @@ static void __tty_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty, int exit_session)
 	 */
 	set_bit(TTY_HUPPED, &tty->flags);
 	clear_bit(TTY_HUPPING, &tty->flags);
-	tty_ldisc_enable(tty);
 
 	tty_unlock(tty);
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index 37671fcc7e4c0a747a0d6e58051e1dc6794b54ca..9c727da59fac7f9e274d202adffce640855cdd18 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static inline void tty_ldisc_put(struct tty_ldisc *ld)
  *	Clearing directly is allowed.
  */
 
-void tty_ldisc_enable(struct tty_struct *tty)
+static void tty_ldisc_enable(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	clear_bit(TTY_LDISC_HALTED, &tty->flags);
 	set_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty->flags);
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 66ae020e8a980e2ba8ad0f9c6307e847920ba41c..367a9dfc4ea2464c35ffe8c773c5cb8f04e3df86 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -561,8 +561,6 @@ extern void tty_ldisc_release(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *o_tty);
 extern void tty_ldisc_init(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void tty_ldisc_deinit(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void tty_ldisc_begin(void);
-/* This last one is just for the tty layer internals and shouldn't be used elsewhere */
-extern void tty_ldisc_enable(struct tty_struct *tty);
 
 
 /* n_tty.c */