diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index b28d1dd10e8b..bdc729d80e5e 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int sync_filesystem(struct super_block *sb)
 		return ret;
 	return __sync_filesystem(sb, 1);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sync_filesystem);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_filesystem);
 
 static void sync_inodes_one_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *arg)
 {