diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
index 241762606a6679aa5a4085621847c70ee59c70e5..97e128579137ed7074972299e5277cecda8eb311 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static struct socket *rxe_setup_udp_tunnel(struct net *net, __be16 port,
 	return sock;
 }
 
-void rxe_release_udp_tunnel(struct socket *sk)
+static void rxe_release_udp_tunnel(struct socket *sk)
 {
 	if (sk)
 		udp_tunnel_sock_release(sk);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.h
index 15a0caf98629408f09a1ce7b408ef6cce756d320..106c586dbb268375adc693752aef416f3e588ad8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.h
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ struct rxe_recv_sockets {
 	struct socket *sk6;
 };
 
-void rxe_release_udp_tunnel(struct socket *sk);
-
 struct rxe_dev *rxe_net_add(struct net_device *ndev);
 
 int rxe_net_init(void);