diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
index 939e5e242b98..b3dc7ff42400 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct inode *efivarfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
  *
  *	VariableName-12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567891bc
  */
-bool efivarfs_valid_name(const char *str, int len)
+static bool efivarfs_valid_name(const char *str, int len)
 {
 	const char *s = str + len - EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN;
 
diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/internal.h b/fs/efivarfs/internal.h
index 8ebf3a6a8aa2..dcb973d8736c 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/internal.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ bool efivar_variable_is_removable(efi_guid_t vendor, const char *name,
 
 extern const struct file_operations efivarfs_file_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations efivarfs_dir_inode_operations;
-extern bool efivarfs_valid_name(const char *str, int len);
 extern struct inode *efivarfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 			const struct inode *dir, int mode, dev_t dev,
 			bool is_removable);
diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/super.c b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
index 77c7615bba5e..b8c4641ed152 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ static int efivarfs_d_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 	const unsigned char *s = qstr->name;
 	unsigned int len = qstr->len;
 
-	if (!efivarfs_valid_name(s, len))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	while (len-- > EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN)
 		hash = partial_name_hash(*s++, hash);