2 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 7d70d63ceb29..faab1273281e 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ struct mnt_namespace *copy_mnt_ns(unsigned long flags, struct mnt_namespace *ns,
  * create_mnt_ns - creates a private namespace and adds a root filesystem
  * @mnt: pointer to the new root filesystem mountpoint
  */
-struct mnt_namespace *create_mnt_ns(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+static struct mnt_namespace *create_mnt_ns(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
         struct mnt_namespace *new_ns;
 
@@ -2080,7 +2080,6 @@ struct mnt_namespace *create_mnt_ns(struct vfsmount *mnt)
         }
         return new_ns;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(create_mnt_ns);
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mount, char __user *, dev_name, char __user *, dir_name,
                 char __user *, type, unsigned long, flags, void __user *, data)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index ce907efc5508..d5b112bcf3de 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -2648,21 +2648,13 @@ out_freepage:
 static int nfs_follow_remote_path(struct vfsmount *root_mnt,
                 const char *export_path, struct vfsmount *mnt_target)
 {
-        struct mnt_namespace *ns_private;
         struct nameidata nd;
         struct super_block *s;
         int ret;
 
-        ns_private = create_mnt_ns(root_mnt);
-        ret = PTR_ERR(ns_private);
-        if (IS_ERR(ns_private))
-                goto out_mntput;
-
         ret = vfs_path_lookup(root_mnt->mnt_root, root_mnt,
                         export_path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
 
-        put_mnt_ns(ns_private);
-
         if (ret != 0)
                 goto out_err;