diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 79dd052c7dbf..5e0cde85bd6b 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_one(struct dentry *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return err;
 }
 
-int ovl_copy_up_flags(struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
+static int ovl_copy_up_flags(struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	const struct cred *old_cred = ovl_override_creds(dentry->d_sb);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index b725c7f15ff4..29bc1ec699e7 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ void ovl_aio_request_cache_destroy(void);
 /* copy_up.c */
 int ovl_copy_up(struct dentry *dentry);
 int ovl_copy_up_with_data(struct dentry *dentry);
-int ovl_copy_up_flags(struct dentry *dentry, int flags);
 int ovl_maybe_copy_up(struct dentry *dentry, int flags);
 int ovl_copy_xattr(struct dentry *old, struct dentry *new);
 int ovl_set_attr(struct dentry *upper, struct kstat *stat);