diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/gio_device.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/gio_device.h
index c52948f9ca95..159087f5386e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/gio_device.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/gio_device.h
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ struct gio_driver {
 };
 #define to_gio_driver(drv) container_of(drv, struct gio_driver, driver)
 
-extern const struct gio_device_id *gio_match_device(const struct gio_device_id *,
-						    const struct gio_device *);
 extern struct gio_device *gio_dev_get(struct gio_device *);
 extern void gio_dev_put(struct gio_device *);
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c
index 282b47c2dc27..de0768a49ee8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ static struct device gio_bus = {
  * Used by a driver to check whether an of_device present in the
  * system is in its list of supported devices.
  */
-const struct gio_device_id *gio_match_device(const struct gio_device_id *match,
-		     const struct gio_device *dev)
+static const struct gio_device_id *
+gio_match_device(const struct gio_device_id *match,
+		 const struct gio_device *dev)
 {
 	const struct gio_device_id *ids;
 
@@ -58,7 +59,6 @@ const struct gio_device_id *gio_match_device(const struct gio_device_id *match,
 
 	return NULL;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gio_match_device);
 
 struct gio_device *gio_dev_get(struct gio_device *dev)
 {