diff --git a/include/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
index 66247ef..05fddd5 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -144,9 +144,6 @@
 struct mempolicy *mpol_shared_policy_lookup(struct shared_policy *sp,
 					    unsigned long idx);
 
-struct mempolicy *get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task,
-			struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr);
-
 extern void numa_default_policy(void);
 extern void numa_policy_init(void);
 extern void numa_policy_rebind(const nodemask_t *old, const nodemask_t *new);
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 4c0510e..4b077ec6 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -935,8 +935,8 @@
 #endif
 
 /* Return effective policy for a VMA */
-struct mempolicy *
-get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
+static struct mempolicy * get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task,
+		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct mempolicy *pol = task->mempolicy;