diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-xfer-mode.c b/drivers/ide/ide-xfer-mode.c
index 9b549e4d18480b2139308e242f006cc149e580c7..5fc8d5c17de9a243c20b68c2239128e56b9a57f6 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-xfer-mode.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-xfer-mode.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_xfer_verbose);
  *	This is used by most chipset support modules when "auto-tuning".
  */
 
-u8 ide_get_best_pio_mode(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 mode_wanted, u8 max_mode)
+static u8 ide_get_best_pio_mode(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 mode_wanted, u8 max_mode)
 {
 	u16 *id = drive->id;
 	int pio_mode = -1, overridden = 0;
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ u8 ide_get_best_pio_mode(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 mode_wanted, u8 max_mode)
 
 	return pio_mode;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_get_best_pio_mode);
 
 int ide_pio_need_iordy(ide_drive_t *drive, const u8 pio)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 53ecdba82d7245dace4a40d15c8cf315fe1ca46e..97e6ab43518469354dcebc3703d2aa7fa9c4ff5f 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1496,7 +1496,6 @@ int ide_timing_compute(ide_drive_t *, u8, struct ide_timing *, int, int);
 #ifdef CONFIG_IDE_XFER_MODE
 int ide_scan_pio_blacklist(char *);
 const char *ide_xfer_verbose(u8);
-u8 ide_get_best_pio_mode(ide_drive_t *, u8, u8);
 int ide_pio_need_iordy(ide_drive_t *, const u8);
 int ide_set_pio_mode(ide_drive_t *, u8);
 int ide_set_dma_mode(ide_drive_t *, u8);