diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
index ffaec2e7526c..cb8374af08a6 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ extern int set_attr(const char *file, struct hostfs_iattr *attrs, int fd);
 extern int make_symlink(const char *from, const char *to);
 extern int unlink_file(const char *file);
 extern int do_mkdir(const char *file, int mode);
-extern int do_rmdir(const char *file);
+extern int hostfs_do_rmdir(const char *file);
 extern int do_mknod(const char *file, int mode, unsigned int major,
 		    unsigned int minor);
 extern int link_file(const char *from, const char *to);
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index c148e7f4f451..3cd85eb5bbb1 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ static int hostfs_rmdir(struct inode *ino, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	if ((file = dentry_name(dentry)) == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	err = do_rmdir(file);
+	err = hostfs_do_rmdir(file);
 	__putname(file);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
index 9c1e0f019880..5ecc4706172b 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ int do_mkdir(const char *file, int mode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int do_rmdir(const char *file)
+int hostfs_do_rmdir(const char *file)
 {
 	int err;