diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
index 1c59dff530de..67d531ad5a56 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static int help_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 /*
  * initialize the client-debug file.
  */
-int orangefs_client_debug_init(void)
+static int orangefs_client_debug_init(void)
 {
 
 	int rc = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.h b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.h
index b5fd9cd4960f..51147f9ce3d6 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.h
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 int orangefs_debugfs_init(int);
 void orangefs_debugfs_cleanup(void);
-int orangefs_client_debug_init(void);
 int orangefs_prepare_debugfs_help_string(int);
 int orangefs_debugfs_new_client_mask(void __user *);
 int orangefs_debugfs_new_client_string(void __user *);