diff --git a/include/linux/padata.h b/include/linux/padata.h
index 0f9e567d5e15..2f9c1f93b1ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/padata.h
+++ b/include/linux/padata.h
@@ -166,9 +166,6 @@ struct padata_instance {
 
 extern struct padata_instance *padata_alloc_possible(
 					struct workqueue_struct *wq);
-extern struct padata_instance *padata_alloc(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
-					    const struct cpumask *pcpumask,
-					    const struct cpumask *cbcpumask);
 extern void padata_free(struct padata_instance *pinst);
 extern int padata_do_parallel(struct padata_instance *pinst,
 			      struct padata_priv *padata, int cb_cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
index ac8f1e524836..0c708f648853 100644
--- a/kernel/padata.c
+++ b/kernel/padata.c
@@ -933,19 +933,6 @@ static struct kobj_type padata_attr_type = {
 	.release = padata_sysfs_release,
 };
 
-/**
- * padata_alloc_possible - Allocate and initialize padata instance.
- *                         Use the cpu_possible_mask for serial and
- *                         parallel workers.
- *
- * @wq: workqueue to use for the allocated padata instance
- */
-struct padata_instance *padata_alloc_possible(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
-{
-	return padata_alloc(wq, cpu_possible_mask, cpu_possible_mask);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_alloc_possible);
-
 /**
  * padata_alloc - allocate and initialize a padata instance and specify
  *                cpumasks for serial and parallel workers.
@@ -954,9 +941,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_alloc_possible);
  * @pcpumask: cpumask that will be used for padata parallelization
  * @cbcpumask: cpumask that will be used for padata serialization
  */
-struct padata_instance *padata_alloc(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
-				     const struct cpumask *pcpumask,
-				     const struct cpumask *cbcpumask)
+static struct padata_instance *padata_alloc(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
+					    const struct cpumask *pcpumask,
+					    const struct cpumask *cbcpumask)
 {
 	struct padata_instance *pinst;
 	struct parallel_data *pd = NULL;
@@ -1010,6 +997,19 @@ err:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * padata_alloc_possible - Allocate and initialize padata instance.
+ *                         Use the cpu_possible_mask for serial and
+ *                         parallel workers.
+ *
+ * @wq: workqueue to use for the allocated padata instance
+ */
+struct padata_instance *padata_alloc_possible(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
+{
+	return padata_alloc(wq, cpu_possible_mask, cpu_possible_mask);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_alloc_possible);
+
 /**
  * padata_free - free a padata instance
  *