diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/bfin-global.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/bfin-global.h
index f842ea3bfc1935f294dabf3a1e1c9e538915070e..56dcb0a2d2449ced3d11097a889be0cde31d3017 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/bfin-global.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/bfin-global.h
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ extern void bfin_dcache_init(void);
 extern void init_exception_vectors(void);
 extern void program_IAR(void);
 
-extern void bfin_reset(void);
 extern asmlinkage void lower_to_irq14(void);
 extern asmlinkage void bfin_return_from_exception(void);
 extern asmlinkage void evt14_softirq(void);
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/reboot.c
index b0a8f89cc9b69fd602796124460ecd122a232b26..d0ead640d992d9220b5e55bc11abdf2e25770fbd 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * the core reset.
  */
 __attribute__((l1_text))
-void bfin_reset(void)
+static void bfin_reset(void)
 {
 	/* Wait for completion of "system" events such as cache line
 	 * line fills so that we avoid infinite stalls later on as