diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 8a2750af62b9..3b56cbc30af4 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -667,8 +667,8 @@ static int exfat_walk_fat_chain(struct super_block *sb,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int exfat_find_location(struct super_block *sb, struct exfat_chain *p_dir,
-		int entry, sector_t *sector, int *offset)
+static int exfat_find_location(struct super_block *sb, struct exfat_chain *p_dir,
+			       int entry, sector_t *sector, int *offset)
 {
 	int ret;
 	unsigned int off, clu = 0;
diff --git a/exfat_fs.h b/exfat_fs.h
index 69b8793b5eb0..8052cb8d39b6 100644
--- a/exfat_fs.h
+++ b/exfat_fs.h
@@ -485,8 +485,6 @@ int exfat_find_dir_entry(struct super_block *sb, struct exfat_inode_info *ei,
 		struct exfat_chain *p_dir, struct exfat_uni_name *p_uniname,
 		int num_entries, unsigned int type, struct exfat_hint *hint_opt);
 int exfat_alloc_new_dir(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *clu);
-int exfat_find_location(struct super_block *sb, struct exfat_chain *p_dir,
-		int entry, sector_t *sector, int *offset);
 struct exfat_dentry *exfat_get_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 		struct exfat_chain *p_dir, int entry, struct buffer_head **bh,
 		sector_t *sector);