diff --git a/block/blk-integrity.c b/block/blk-integrity.c
index 2b36a8f9b813..a262e069eb3f 100644
--- a/block/blk-integrity.c
+++ b/block/blk-integrity.c
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ bool blk_integrity_merge_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 
 	return true;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_integrity_merge_rq);
 
 bool blk_integrity_merge_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 			     struct bio *bio)
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index c08762e10b04..ba4e8ac538cd 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ static inline bool bio_integrity_endio(struct bio *bio)
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool blk_integrity_merge_rq(struct request_queue *, struct request *,
+		struct request *);
+
 static inline bool integrity_req_gap_back_merge(struct request *req,
 		struct bio *next)
 {
@@ -143,6 +146,11 @@ static inline bool integrity_req_gap_front_merge(struct request *req,
 void blk_integrity_add(struct gendisk *);
 void blk_integrity_del(struct gendisk *);
 #else /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY */
+static inline bool blk_integrity_merge_rq(struct request_queue *rq,
+		struct request *r1, struct request *r2)
+{
+	return true;
+}
 static inline bool integrity_req_gap_back_merge(struct request *req,
 		struct bio *next)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 5fc940423e5a..6a6d9ea7420a 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1664,8 +1664,6 @@ extern int blk_integrity_compare(struct gendisk *, struct gendisk *);
 extern int blk_rq_map_integrity_sg(struct request_queue *, struct bio *,
 				   struct scatterlist *);
 extern int blk_rq_count_integrity_sg(struct request_queue *, struct bio *);
-extern bool blk_integrity_merge_rq(struct request_queue *, struct request *,
-				   struct request *);
 extern bool blk_integrity_merge_bio(struct request_queue *, struct request *,
 				    struct bio *);
 
@@ -1795,12 +1793,6 @@ static inline unsigned short queue_max_integrity_segments(const struct request_q
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-static inline bool blk_integrity_merge_rq(struct request_queue *rq,
-					  struct request *r1,
-					  struct request *r2)
-{
-	return true;
-}
 static inline bool blk_integrity_merge_bio(struct request_queue *rq,
 					   struct request *r,
 					   struct bio *b)