diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index f80f13260b32..beb3b7cecd52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2057,8 +2057,8 @@ int bond_release(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
 * First release a slave and than destroy the bond if no more slaves are left.
 * Must be under rtnl_lock when this function is called.
 */
-int  bond_release_and_destroy(struct net_device *bond_dev,
-			      struct net_device *slave_dev)
+static int  bond_release_and_destroy(struct net_device *bond_dev,
+				     struct net_device *slave_dev)
 {
 	struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
 	int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 2c12a5f812f4..4eedb12df6ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ static inline void bond_unset_master_alb_flags(struct bonding *bond)
 struct vlan_entry *bond_next_vlan(struct bonding *bond, struct vlan_entry *curr);
 int bond_dev_queue_xmit(struct bonding *bond, struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *slave_dev);
 int bond_create(struct net *net, const char *name);
-int  bond_release_and_destroy(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev);
 int bond_create_sysfs(void);
 void bond_destroy_sysfs(void);
 void bond_prepare_sysfs_group(struct bonding *bond);