diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index f2b32d3a9093..ae51481e45e5 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ int simple_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 	return simple_prepare_write(file, page, from, from+len);
 }
 
-int simple_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
-			unsigned from, unsigned to)
+static int simple_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
+			       unsigned from, unsigned to)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	loff_t pos = ((loff_t)page->index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + to;
@@ -686,7 +686,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_read_dir);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_sb_pseudo);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_write_begin);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_write_end);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_commit_write);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_dir_inode_operations);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_dir_operations);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_empty);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 73f0bdbe436a..bb89a5dfe9ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1886,8 +1886,6 @@ extern int simple_empty(struct dentry *);
 extern int simple_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page);
 extern int simple_prepare_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 			unsigned offset, unsigned to);
-extern int simple_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
-				unsigned offset, unsigned to);
 extern int simple_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata);