diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 17f3cbc7546c..b427a79795a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2414,8 +2414,6 @@ extern int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr,
 		void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags);
 extern int access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 		void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags);
-extern int __access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-			      void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags);
 
 long get_user_pages_remote(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			   unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index b74187d69dd1..a0fd4bd55dcf 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ int ptrace_access_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	ret = __access_remote_vm(mm, addr, buf, len, gup_flags);
+	ret = access_remote_vm(mm, addr, buf, len, gup_flags);
 	mmput(mm);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index af228230b272..99d89f9c741b 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -5769,8 +5769,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_access_phys);
 /*
  * Access another process' address space as given in mm.
  */
-int __access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, void *buf,
-		       int len, unsigned int gup_flags)
+static int __access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+			      void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags)
 {
 	void *old_buf = buf;
 	int write = gup_flags & FOLL_WRITE;
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 7f9e9e5a0e12..f9553579389b 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1651,8 +1651,8 @@ vm_fault_t filemap_map_pages(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_map_pages);
 
-int __access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, void *buf,
-		       int len, unsigned int gup_flags)
+static int __access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+			      void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	int write = gup_flags & FOLL_WRITE;