diff --git a/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h b/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
index 09a2532699b2..47d52b2414db 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
@@ -209,9 +209,6 @@ static inline void inet_twsk_put(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw)
 extern struct inet_timewait_sock *inet_twsk_alloc(const struct sock *sk,
 						  const int state);
 
-extern void __inet_twsk_kill(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
-			     struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo);
-
 extern void __inet_twsk_hashdance(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
 				  struct sock *sk,
 				  struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
index a73cf93cee36..2586df09b9b6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 #include <net/ip.h>
 
 /* Must be called with locally disabled BHs. */
-void __inet_twsk_kill(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw, struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo)
+static void __inet_twsk_kill(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
+			     struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo)
 {
 	struct inet_bind_hashbucket *bhead;
 	struct inet_bind_bucket *tb;
@@ -47,8 +48,6 @@ void __inet_twsk_kill(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw, struct inet_hashinfo *hashi
 	inet_twsk_put(tw);
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__inet_twsk_kill);
-
 /*
  * Enter the time wait state. This is called with locally disabled BH.
  * Essentially we whip up a timewait bucket, copy the relevant info into it