diff --git a/fs/fs.c b/fs/fs.c
index 3dfbaaa36..afa0198b6 100644
--- a/fs/fs.c
+++ b/fs/fs.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(normalise_path);
 LIST_HEAD(mtab_list);
 static struct mtab_entry *mtab_root;
 
-struct mtab_entry *get_mtab_entry_by_path(const char *_path)
+static struct mtab_entry *get_mtab_entry_by_path(const char *_path)
 {
 	struct mtab_entry *e = NULL;
 	char *path, *tok;
diff --git a/include/fs.h b/include/fs.h
index dd106770d..d31fb2052 100644
--- a/include/fs.h
+++ b/include/fs.h
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ char *mkmodestr(unsigned long mode, char *str);
  * Note that we only support mounting on directories lying
  * directly in / and of course the root directory itself
  */
-struct mtab_entry *get_mtab_entry_by_path(const char *path);
 const char *fsdev_get_mountpoint(struct fs_device_d *fsdev);
 
 /*