diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_net.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_net.h
index 428b83d0db5e..c8d62078c6b9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_net.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_net.h
@@ -2289,7 +2289,6 @@ int ptlrpc_connection_put(struct ptlrpc_connection *c);
 struct ptlrpc_connection *ptlrpc_connection_addref(struct ptlrpc_connection *);
 int ptlrpc_connection_init(void);
 void ptlrpc_connection_fini(void);
-lnet_pid_t ptl_get_pid(void);
 
 /* ptlrpc/niobuf.c */
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/events.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/events.c
index afd869b205a5..183e4156950d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/events.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/events.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static void ptlrpc_ni_fini(void)
 	/* notreached */
 }
 
-lnet_pid_t ptl_get_pid(void)
+static lnet_pid_t ptl_get_pid(void)
 {
 	lnet_pid_t pid;