diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 4f0cafa18870..d3acc1597dc7 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1201,7 +1201,6 @@ extern int drbd_send_drequest_csum(struct drbd_conf *mdev, sector_t sector,
 extern int drbd_send_ov_request(struct drbd_conf *mdev,sector_t sector,int size);
 
 extern int drbd_send_bitmap(struct drbd_conf *mdev);
-extern int _drbd_send_bitmap(struct drbd_conf *mdev);
 extern void drbd_send_sr_reply(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_state_rv retcode);
 extern int conn_send_sr_reply(struct drbd_tconn *tconn, enum drbd_state_rv retcode);
 extern void drbd_free_bc(struct drbd_backing_dev *ldev);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index d9828612c8e8..076ccb52e812 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ send_bitmap_rle_or_plain(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
 }
 
 /* See the comment at receive_bitmap() */
-int _drbd_send_bitmap(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
+static int _drbd_send_bitmap(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 {
 	struct bm_xfer_ctx c;
 	struct p_header *p;