diff --git a/include/sound/soc-dapm.h b/include/sound/soc-dapm.h
index 3b991766a8f2..05aaaf689ac0 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc-dapm.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc-dapm.h
@@ -471,7 +471,6 @@ int snd_soc_dapm_ignore_suspend(struct snd_soc_dapm_context *dapm,
 void snd_soc_dapm_auto_nc_codec_pins(struct snd_soc_codec *codec);
 
 /* Mostly internal - should not normally be used */
-void dapm_mark_dirty(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w, const char *reason);
 void dapm_mark_io_dirty(struct snd_soc_dapm_context *dapm);
 
 /* dapm path query */
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
index 77743e51420a..5a4376b41926 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static bool dapm_dirty_widget(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w)
 	return !list_empty(&w->dirty);
 }
 
-void dapm_mark_dirty(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w, const char *reason)
+static void dapm_mark_dirty(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w, const char *reason)
 {
 	if (!dapm_dirty_widget(w)) {
 		dev_vdbg(w->dapm->dev, "Marking %s dirty due to %s\n",
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ void dapm_mark_dirty(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w, const char *reason)
 		list_add_tail(&w->dirty, &w->dapm->card->dapm_dirty);
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dapm_mark_dirty);
 
 void dapm_mark_io_dirty(struct snd_soc_dapm_context *dapm)
 {