diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 5eb6fa1..d320001 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 	return ide_stopped;
 }
 
-u8 wait_drive_not_busy(ide_drive_t *drive)
+static u8 wait_drive_not_busy(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = HWIF(drive);
 	int retries;
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index c4d58b0..7072c53 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -986,8 +986,6 @@
 
 void task_end_request(ide_drive_t *, struct request *, u8);
 
-u8 wait_drive_not_busy(ide_drive_t *);
-
 int ide_raw_taskfile(ide_drive_t *, ide_task_t *, u8 *, u16);
 int ide_no_data_taskfile(ide_drive_t *, ide_task_t *);