diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index d68810f61869d06ee0276ea09432c8f7467a20b1..d6994443f28553d8c0c1304c8bfa17dc534fd1cc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -286,9 +286,6 @@ extern void nfs_sb_deactive(struct super_block *sb);
 extern char *nfs_path(char **p, struct dentry *dentry,
 		      char *buffer, ssize_t buflen);
 extern struct vfsmount *nfs_d_automount(struct path *path);
-#ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
-rpc_authflavor_t nfs_find_best_sec(struct nfs4_secinfo_flavors *);
-#endif
 
 /* getroot.c */
 extern struct dentry *nfs_get_root(struct super_block *, struct nfs_fh *,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index d51868e5683c0b34530c9db38a0cd4c26277c0b8..2a9591b0b1501ea23329d7a1493a3e0234aaa710 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -119,35 +119,6 @@ char *nfs_path(char **p, struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, ssize_t buflen)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
-rpc_authflavor_t nfs_find_best_sec(struct nfs4_secinfo_flavors *flavors)
-{
-	struct gss_api_mech *mech;
-	struct xdr_netobj oid;
-	int i;
-	rpc_authflavor_t pseudoflavor = RPC_AUTH_UNIX;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < flavors->num_flavors; i++) {
-		struct nfs4_secinfo_flavor *flavor;
-		flavor = &flavors->flavors[i];
-
-		if (flavor->flavor == RPC_AUTH_NULL || flavor->flavor == RPC_AUTH_UNIX) {
-			pseudoflavor = flavor->flavor;
-			break;
-		} else if (flavor->flavor == RPC_AUTH_GSS) {
-			oid.len  = flavor->gss.sec_oid4.len;
-			oid.data = flavor->gss.sec_oid4.data;
-			mech = gss_mech_get_by_OID(&oid);
-			if (!mech)
-				continue;
-			pseudoflavor = gss_svc_to_pseudoflavor(mech, flavor->gss.service);
-			gss_mech_put(mech);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return pseudoflavor;
-}
-
 static struct rpc_clnt *nfs_lookup_mountpoint(struct inode *dir,
 					      struct qstr *name,
 					      struct nfs_fh *fh,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 8d75021020b31f44f0fcb9ec6f1ff05a8b39b313..53a487ee9867ad1fa7b6e90cfdfa4791904e59e0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ extern const struct dentry_operations nfs4_dentry_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations nfs4_dir_inode_operations;
 
 /* nfs4namespace.c */
+rpc_authflavor_t nfs_find_best_sec(struct nfs4_secinfo_flavors *);
 struct rpc_clnt *nfs4_create_sec_client(struct rpc_clnt *, struct inode *, struct qstr *);
 
 /* nfs4proc.c */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
index a7f3dedc4ec7bade9df84ed6f0fc7524507b9c21..a69ee3952bbe8a9a7f6328560533b7f7f0efb8a2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
@@ -132,6 +132,35 @@ static size_t nfs_parse_server_name(char *string, size_t len,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+rpc_authflavor_t nfs_find_best_sec(struct nfs4_secinfo_flavors *flavors)
+{
+	struct gss_api_mech *mech;
+	struct xdr_netobj oid;
+	int i;
+	rpc_authflavor_t pseudoflavor = RPC_AUTH_UNIX;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < flavors->num_flavors; i++) {
+		struct nfs4_secinfo_flavor *flavor;
+		flavor = &flavors->flavors[i];
+
+		if (flavor->flavor == RPC_AUTH_NULL || flavor->flavor == RPC_AUTH_UNIX) {
+			pseudoflavor = flavor->flavor;
+			break;
+		} else if (flavor->flavor == RPC_AUTH_GSS) {
+			oid.len  = flavor->gss.sec_oid4.len;
+			oid.data = flavor->gss.sec_oid4.data;
+			mech = gss_mech_get_by_OID(&oid);
+			if (!mech)
+				continue;
+			pseudoflavor = gss_svc_to_pseudoflavor(mech, flavor->gss.service);
+			gss_mech_put(mech);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return pseudoflavor;
+}
+
 static rpc_authflavor_t nfs4_negotiate_security(struct inode *inode, struct qstr *name)
 {
 	struct page *page;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 87af80d28a826be39e671432d326985a67dcfe70..fa661b91e57cfd23e0ea03e4d50025209ca6c7c1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -6610,7 +6610,6 @@ const struct nfs_rpc_ops nfs_v4_clientops = {
 	.close_context  = nfs4_close_context,
 	.open_context	= nfs4_atomic_open,
 	.init_client	= nfs4_init_client,
-	.secinfo	= nfs4_proc_secinfo,
 };
 
 static const struct xattr_handler nfs4_xattr_nfs4_acl_handler = {
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 5f563bd113e8a99f19a4fbc72f13d0b8b0c12836..eb1f143042f415b197cb57104758c026b026dace 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -1397,7 +1397,6 @@ struct nfs_rpc_ops {
 				struct iattr *iattr);
 	int	(*init_client) (struct nfs_client *, const struct rpc_timeout *,
 				const char *, rpc_authflavor_t, int);
-	int	(*secinfo)(struct inode *, const struct qstr *, struct nfs4_secinfo_flavors *);
 };
 
 /*