2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
index a451351c7eff..a0e51e193284 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ void		rpc_clnt_sigunmask(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, sigset_t *oldset);
 void            rpc_setbufsize(struct rpc_clnt *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
 size_t          rpc_max_payload(struct rpc_clnt *);
 void            rpc_force_rebind(struct rpc_clnt *);
-int             rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, int flags);
 size_t          rpc_peeraddr(struct rpc_clnt *, struct sockaddr *, size_t);
 char *          rpc_peeraddr2str(struct rpc_clnt *, enum rpc_display_format_t);
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 76eef19cf995..4e91f3110938 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ static void	call_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task);
 static __be32 * call_header(struct rpc_task *task);
 static __be32 * call_verify(struct rpc_task *task);
 
+static int      rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, int flags);
+
 static void rpc_register_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 {
         spin_lock(&rpc_client_lock);
@@ -1441,7 +1443,7 @@ static struct rpc_procinfo rpcproc_null = {
         .p_decode = rpcproc_decode_null,
 };
 
-int rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, int flags)
+static int rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, int flags)
 {
         struct rpc_message msg = {
                 .rpc_proc = &rpcproc_null,