diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 3916b72de715..e917aa783675 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1854,7 +1854,7 @@ int __init register_tracer(struct tracer *type)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void tracing_reset(struct trace_buffer *buf, int cpu)
+static void tracing_reset_cpu(struct trace_buffer *buf, int cpu)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer *buffer = buf->buffer;
 
@@ -4251,7 +4251,7 @@ static int tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS)
 			tracing_reset_online_cpus(trace_buf);
 		else
-			tracing_reset(trace_buf, cpu);
+			tracing_reset_cpu(trace_buf, cpu);
 	}
 
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
@@ -6742,7 +6742,7 @@ tracing_snapshot_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 			if (iter->cpu_file == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS)
 				tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->max_buffer);
 			else
-				tracing_reset(&tr->max_buffer, iter->cpu_file);
+				tracing_reset_cpu(&tr->max_buffer, iter->cpu_file);
 		}
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 005f08629b8b..26b0a08f3c7d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -677,7 +677,6 @@ trace_buffer_iter(struct trace_iterator *iter, int cpu)
 
 int tracer_init(struct tracer *t, struct trace_array *tr);
 int tracing_is_enabled(void);
-void tracing_reset(struct trace_buffer *buf, int cpu);
 void tracing_reset_online_cpus(struct trace_buffer *buf);
 void tracing_reset_current(int cpu);
 void tracing_reset_all_online_cpus(void);