diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index e9f732fda950556fd5fd0e2d6cc14ad4c7015e4d..d992ca3145fec9826c1df1cf0affc95272a6af25 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -649,7 +649,6 @@ int sctp_user_addto_chunk(struct sctp_chunk *chunk, int off, int len,
 			  struct iovec *data);
 void sctp_chunk_free(struct sctp_chunk *);
 void  *sctp_addto_chunk(struct sctp_chunk *, int len, const void *data);
-void  *sctp_addto_chunk_fixed(struct sctp_chunk *, int len, const void *data);
 struct sctp_chunk *sctp_chunkify(struct sk_buff *,
 				 const struct sctp_association *,
 				 struct sock *);
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index e5f7cdb42a850c66c758c81b7f0ce999724158a9..632090b961c331b78efa79664392c7626451926d 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ static int sctp_process_param(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 			      gfp_t gfp);
 static void *sctp_addto_param(struct sctp_chunk *chunk, int len,
 			      const void *data);
+static void  *sctp_addto_chunk_fixed(struct sctp_chunk *, int len,
+				     const void *data);
 
 /* Control chunk destructor */
 static void sctp_control_release_owner(struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -1475,8 +1477,8 @@ void *sctp_addto_chunk(struct sctp_chunk *chunk, int len, const void *data)
 /* Append bytes to the end of a chunk. Returns NULL if there isn't sufficient
  * space in the chunk
  */
-void *sctp_addto_chunk_fixed(struct sctp_chunk *chunk,
-			     int len, const void *data)
+static void *sctp_addto_chunk_fixed(struct sctp_chunk *chunk,
+				    int len, const void *data)
 {
 	if (skb_tailroom(chunk->skb) >= len)
 		return sctp_addto_chunk(chunk, len, data);