diff --git a/fs/dquot.c b/fs/dquot.c
index 0a5febc159f25b03ecc70f2a22090f3c3fa4fe33..ca40bfc5cccc0bf46d7e80c7a5b9118ce65f1016 100644
--- a/fs/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/dquot.c
@@ -721,7 +721,8 @@ static inline int dqput_blocks(struct dquot *dquot)
 
 /* Remove references to dquots from inode - add dquot to list for freeing if needed */
 /* We can't race with anybody because we hold dqptr_sem for writing... */
-int remove_inode_dquot_ref(struct inode *inode, int type, struct list_head *tofree_head)
+static int remove_inode_dquot_ref(struct inode *inode, int type,
+				  struct list_head *tofree_head)
 {
 	struct dquot *dquot = inode->i_dquot[type];
 
diff --git a/include/linux/quotaops.h b/include/linux/quotaops.h
index 90c23f690c0deab4fedeb6f5126dfbb4838cb54d..5110201a415949e5e10bd8381ff4f38e120320cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/quotaops.h
+++ b/include/linux/quotaops.h
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ extern int dquot_release(struct dquot *dquot);
 extern int dquot_commit_info(struct super_block *sb, int type);
 extern int dquot_mark_dquot_dirty(struct dquot *dquot);
 
-int remove_inode_dquot_ref(struct inode *inode, int type,
-			   struct list_head *tofree_head);
-
 extern int vfs_quota_on(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id, char *path);
 extern int vfs_quota_on_mount(struct super_block *sb, char *qf_name,
 		int format_id, int type);