diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 90bdc362be368..b79219eed83c5 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -590,15 +590,6 @@ struct symsearch {
 	bool unused;
 };
 
-/*
- * Walk the exported symbol table
- *
- * Must be called with module_mutex held or preemption disabled.
- */
-bool each_symbol_section(bool (*fn)(const struct symsearch *arr,
-				    struct module *owner,
-				    void *data), void *data);
-
 /* Returns 0 and fills in value, defined and namebuf, or -ERANGE if
    symnum out of range. */
 int module_get_kallsym(unsigned int symnum, unsigned long *value, char *type,
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 0f95fb4b3e37c..c2a099a27b687 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static bool each_symbol_in_section(const struct symsearch *arr,
 }
 
 /* Returns true as soon as fn returns true, otherwise false. */
-bool each_symbol_section(bool (*fn)(const struct symsearch *arr,
+static bool each_symbol_section(bool (*fn)(const struct symsearch *arr,
 				    struct module *owner,
 				    void *data),
 			 void *data)
@@ -484,7 +484,6 @@ bool each_symbol_section(bool (*fn)(const struct symsearch *arr,
 	}
 	return false;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(each_symbol_section);
 
 struct find_symbol_arg {
 	/* Input */