diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index 1e6d3b59238d..86a9c487fdd8 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ extern void monotonic_to_bootbased(struct timespec *ts);
 extern struct timespec timespec_trunc(struct timespec t, unsigned gran);
 extern int timekeeping_valid_for_hres(void);
 extern u64 timekeeping_max_deferment(void);
-extern void update_wall_time(void);
 extern void timekeeping_leap_insert(int leapsecond);
 
 struct tms;
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index d27c7562902c..c1a178ca0f50 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static cycle_t logarithmic_accumulation(cycle_t offset, int shift)
  *
  * Called from the timer interrupt, must hold a write on xtime_lock.
  */
-void update_wall_time(void)
+static void update_wall_time(void)
 {
 	struct clocksource *clock;
 	cycle_t offset;
@@ -946,3 +946,15 @@ struct timespec get_monotonic_coarse(void)
 				now.tv_nsec + mono.tv_nsec);
 	return now;
 }
+
+/*
+ * The 64-bit jiffies value is not atomic - you MUST NOT read it
+ * without sampling the sequence number in xtime_lock.
+ * jiffies is defined in the linker script...
+ */
+void do_timer(unsigned long ticks)
+{
+	jiffies_64 += ticks;
+	update_wall_time();
+	calc_global_load(ticks);
+}
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 43ca9936f2d0..87f656cc2a55 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1293,19 +1293,6 @@ void run_local_timers(void)
 	raise_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ);
 }
 
-/*
- * The 64-bit jiffies value is not atomic - you MUST NOT read it
- * without sampling the sequence number in xtime_lock.
- * jiffies is defined in the linker script...
- */
-
-void do_timer(unsigned long ticks)
-{
-	jiffies_64 += ticks;
-	update_wall_time();
-	calc_global_load(ticks);
-}
-
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_ALARM
 
 /*