diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
index 75a1d5f712ee..70ecb7c032cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 /*
  * High level FPU state handling functions:
  */
-extern void fpu__initialize(struct fpu *fpu);
 extern void fpu__prepare_read(struct fpu *fpu);
 extern void fpu__prepare_write(struct fpu *fpu);
 extern void fpu__save(struct fpu *fpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
index 1940319268ae..e43296854e37 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ int fpu__copy(struct fpu *dst_fpu, struct fpu *src_fpu)
  * Activate the current task's in-memory FPU context,
  * if it has not been used before:
  */
-void fpu__initialize(struct fpu *fpu)
+static void fpu__initialize(struct fpu *fpu)
 {
 	WARN_ON_FPU(fpu != &current->thread.fpu);
 
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ void fpu__initialize(struct fpu *fpu)
 		fpu->initialized = 1;
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpu__initialize);
 
 /*
  * This function must be called before we read a task's fpstate.
@@ -365,8 +364,8 @@ void fpu__clear(struct fpu *fpu)
 	/*
 	 * Make sure fpstate is cleared and initialized.
 	 */
+	fpu__initialize(fpu);
 	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU)) {
-		fpu__initialize(fpu);
 		user_fpu_begin();
 		copy_init_fpstate_to_fpregs();
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_entry.c b/arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_entry.c
index 9e2ba7e667f6..a873da6b46d6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_entry.c
+++ b/arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_entry.c
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ void math_emulate(struct math_emu_info *info)
 	unsigned long code_base = 0;
 	unsigned long code_limit = 0;	/* Initialized to stop compiler warnings */
 	struct desc_struct code_descriptor;
-	struct fpu *fpu = &current->thread.fpu;
-
-	fpu__initialize(fpu);
 
 #ifdef RE_ENTRANT_CHECKING
 	if (emulating) {