diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index b9fdda8c0930e5512fdab847db1f7063675185a1..a83160acd7487328a0b86d318ac4e3427df7e329 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ static int fastcall link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 	return result;
 }
 
-int fastcall path_walk(const char * name, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int fastcall path_walk(const char * name, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	current->total_link_count = 0;
 	return link_path_walk(name, nd);
@@ -2809,7 +2809,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_symlink_inode_operations);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_lookup);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_release);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_walk);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(permission);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_permission);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_permission);
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 18ea81265068f198cbfaad8aca3c35147cd5d0eb..6c38efbd810f8e0354747e73b3285039ed4399ea 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ extern int FASTCALL(__user_walk_fd(int dfd, const char __user *, unsigned, struc
 extern int FASTCALL(path_lookup(const char *, unsigned, struct nameidata *));
 extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
 			   const char *, unsigned int, struct nameidata *);
-extern int FASTCALL(path_walk(const char *, struct nameidata *));
 extern void path_release(struct nameidata *);
 extern void path_release_on_umount(struct nameidata *);