3 files changed, 17 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 0ff267a248db..2e705f6abb4c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -893,23 +893,6 @@ void class_interface_unregister(struct class_interface *class_intf)
         class_put(parent);
 }
 
-int virtual_device_parent(struct device *dev)
-{
-        if (!dev->class)
-                return -ENODEV;
-
-        if (!dev->class->virtual_dir) {
-                static struct kobject *virtual_dir = NULL;
-
-                if (!virtual_dir)
-                        virtual_dir = kobject_add_dir(&devices_subsys.kset.kobj, "virtual");
-                dev->class->virtual_dir = kobject_add_dir(virtual_dir, dev->class->name);
-        }
-
-        dev->kobj.parent = dev->class->virtual_dir;
-        return 0;
-}
-
 int __init classes_init(void)
 {
         int retval;
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index d4f35d8902a2..dbcd40b987d2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -384,6 +384,23 @@ void device_initialize(struct device *dev)
         device_init_wakeup(dev, 0);
 }
 
+static int virtual_device_parent(struct device *dev)
+{
+        if (!dev->class)
+                return -ENODEV;
+
+        if (!dev->class->virtual_dir) {
+                static struct kobject *virtual_dir = NULL;
+
+                if (!virtual_dir)
+                        virtual_dir = kobject_add_dir(&devices_subsys.kset.kobj, "virtual");
+                dev->class->virtual_dir = kobject_add_dir(virtual_dir, dev->class->name);
+        }
+
+        dev->kobj.parent = dev->class->virtual_dir;
+        return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  *      device_add - add device to device hierarchy.
  *      @dev:   device.
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index b00e02711393..00b29e0c5ce0 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -440,8 +440,6 @@ extern struct device *device_create(struct class *cls, struct device *parent,
                                     __attribute__((format(printf,4,5)));
 extern void device_destroy(struct class *cls, dev_t devt);
 
-extern int virtual_device_parent(struct device *dev);
-
 /*
  * Platform "fixup" functions - allow the platform to have their say
  * about devices and actions that the general device layer doesn't