diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 9c0e441664d4..00a46a5d5c9d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -3229,8 +3229,6 @@ static inline unsigned long get_num_physpages(void)
  */
 void free_area_init(unsigned long *max_zone_pfn);
 unsigned long node_map_pfn_alignment(void);
-unsigned long __absent_pages_in_range(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
-						unsigned long end_pfn);
 extern unsigned long absent_pages_in_range(unsigned long start_pfn,
 						unsigned long end_pfn);
 extern void get_pfn_range_for_nid(unsigned int nid,
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 0fe466abde43..19c78b54fc8a 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ static void __init adjust_zone_range_for_zone_movable(int nid,
  * Return the number of holes in a range on a node. If nid is MAX_NUMNODES,
  * then all holes in the requested range will be accounted for.
  */
-unsigned long __init __absent_pages_in_range(int nid,
+static unsigned long __init __absent_pages_in_range(int nid,
 				unsigned long range_start_pfn,
 				unsigned long range_end_pfn)
 {