diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchi/vchi.h b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchi/vchi.h
index 1a401f04d03f..addb7b00b688 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchi/vchi.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchi/vchi.h
@@ -219,14 +219,6 @@ extern int32_t vchi_service_set_option( const VCHI_SERVICE_HANDLE_T handle,
 					VCHI_SERVICE_OPTION_T option,
 					int value);
 
-// Routine to send a message across a service
-extern int32_t
-	vchi_msg_queue(VCHI_SERVICE_HANDLE_T handle,
-		       ssize_t (*copy_callback)(void *context, void *dest,
-						size_t offset, size_t maxsize),
-		       void *context,
-		       uint32_t data_size);
-
 /* Routine to send a message from kernel memory across a service */
 extern int
 vchi_queue_kernel_message(VCHI_SERVICE_HANDLE_T handle,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_shim.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_shim.c
index 8987c4ad3653..aec2a0c40c44 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_shim.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_shim.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vchi_msg_remove);
  * Returns: int32_t - success == 0
  *
  ***********************************************************/
+static
 int32_t vchi_msg_queue(VCHI_SERVICE_HANDLE_T handle,
 	ssize_t (*copy_callback)(void *context, void *dest,
 				 size_t offset, size_t maxsize),
@@ -186,7 +187,6 @@ int32_t vchi_msg_queue(VCHI_SERVICE_HANDLE_T handle,
 
 	return vchiq_status_to_vchi(status);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vchi_msg_queue);
 
 static ssize_t
 vchi_queue_kernel_message_callback(void *context,