diff --git a/include/linux/rhashtable.h b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
index 8c6048e77f294c2cdcf4acf71f9b4efe2761c150..af967c4c7591e5a3ec32a5da94b95d93c65bab77 100644
--- a/include/linux/rhashtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ void rhashtable_destroy(const struct rhashtable *ht);
 #define rht_dereference_rcu(p, ht) \
 	rcu_dereference_check(p, lockdep_rht_mutex_is_held(ht))
 
-/* Internal, use rht_obj() instead */
 #define rht_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr, type, member)
 #define rht_entry_safe(ptr, type, member) \
 ({ \
diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index 338dd7aa5e1378d72f3888892814d55787189b76..a2c78810ebc1a64a95903645dec6d14eed6ba1b6 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -38,16 +38,10 @@ int lockdep_rht_mutex_is_held(const struct rhashtable *ht)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lockdep_rht_mutex_is_held);
 #endif
 
-/**
- * rht_obj - cast hash head to outer object
- * @ht:		hash table
- * @he:		hashed node
- */
-void *rht_obj(const struct rhashtable *ht, const struct rhash_head *he)
+static void *rht_obj(const struct rhashtable *ht, const struct rhash_head *he)
 {
 	return (void *) he - ht->p.head_offset;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rht_obj);
 
 static u32 __hashfn(const struct rhashtable *ht, const void *key,
 		      u32 len, u32 hsize)