diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 86464332e590dfdc9cbf041515f038f0de1d846d..3368abd64bb542b8a95d5f3d4149588dddb23bb3 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void __destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__destroy_inode);
 
-void destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	__destroy_inode(inode);
 	if (inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 0b03f490572f31040e018c0fe2d3b29462aebc76..0a5d8363388406c63dbe41dd6925b5955bc57982 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2187,7 +2187,6 @@ extern void unlock_new_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void __iget(struct inode * inode);
 extern void iget_failed(struct inode *);
 extern void end_writeback(struct inode *);
-extern void destroy_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void __destroy_inode(struct inode *);
 extern struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *);
 extern int should_remove_suid(struct dentry *);