diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_net.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_net.h
index 51a4e64e56a2..b88c971fd32f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_net.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_net.h
@@ -2523,8 +2523,6 @@ int ptlrpc_connect_import(struct obd_import *imp);
 int ptlrpc_init_import(struct obd_import *imp);
 int ptlrpc_disconnect_import(struct obd_import *imp, int noclose);
 int ptlrpc_import_recovery_state_machine(struct obd_import *imp);
-void deuuidify(char *uuid, const char *prefix, char **uuid_start,
-	       int *uuid_len);
 
 /* ptlrpc/pack_generic.c */
 int ptlrpc_reconnect_import(struct obd_import *imp);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c
index 1ac265dfce2f..5aaf42f2631d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ int ptlrpc_init_import(struct obd_import *imp)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_init_import);
 
 #define UUID_STR "_UUID"
-void deuuidify(char *uuid, const char *prefix, char **uuid_start, int *uuid_len)
+static void deuuidify(char *uuid, const char *prefix, char **uuid_start,
+		      int *uuid_len)
 {
 	*uuid_start = !prefix || strncmp(uuid, prefix, strlen(prefix))
 		? uuid : uuid + strlen(prefix);