diff --git a/include/sound/pcm.h b/include/sound/pcm.h
index 04e97564949c196820030aca9bebead22e89069a..2c30c1ad1b0dca6d6b6acf4c0bff9ab3ab3966a1 100644
--- a/include/sound/pcm.h
+++ b/include/sound/pcm.h
@@ -582,13 +582,8 @@ int snd_pcm_stop(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, snd_pcm_state_t status);
 int snd_pcm_drain_done(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream);
 int snd_pcm_stop_xrun(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
-int snd_pcm_suspend(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream);
 int snd_pcm_suspend_all(struct snd_pcm *pcm);
 #else
-static inline int snd_pcm_suspend(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
 static inline int snd_pcm_suspend_all(struct snd_pcm *pcm)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 818dff1de545fad25669adf1144cbd49e5934067..26afb6b0889adf0b831d578b6adacbeef0a799c9 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -1460,29 +1460,24 @@ static const struct action_ops snd_pcm_action_suspend = {
 	.post_action = snd_pcm_post_suspend
 };
 
-/**
+/*
  * snd_pcm_suspend - trigger SUSPEND to all linked streams
  * @substream: the PCM substream
  *
  * After this call, all streams are changed to SUSPENDED state.
  *
- * Return: Zero if successful (or @substream is %NULL), or a negative error
- * code.
+ * Return: Zero if successful, or a negative error code.
  */
-int snd_pcm_suspend(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
+static int snd_pcm_suspend(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
 	int err;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (! substream)
-		return 0;
-
 	snd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave(substream, flags);
 	err = snd_pcm_action(&snd_pcm_action_suspend, substream, 0);
 	snd_pcm_stream_unlock_irqrestore(substream, flags);
 	return err;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_pcm_suspend);
 
 /**
  * snd_pcm_suspend_all - trigger SUSPEND to all substreams in the given pcm