diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/initrd.h b/arch/um/include/shared/initrd.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 22673bcc273d..000000000000
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/initrd.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2000 Jeff Dike (jdike@karaya.com)
- * Licensed under the GPL
- */
-
-#ifndef __INITRD_USER_H__
-#define __INITRD_USER_H__
-
-extern int load_initrd(char *filename, void *buf, int size);
-
-#endif
-
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/initrd.c b/arch/um/kernel/initrd.c
index d386c75c88eb..10cc18f729fd 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/initrd.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/initrd.c
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 #include "linux/bootmem.h"
 #include "linux/initrd.h"
 #include "asm/types.h"
-#include "initrd.h"
 #include "init.h"
 #include "os.h"
 
 /* Changed by uml_initrd_setup, which is a setup */
 static char *initrd __initdata = NULL;
+static int load_initrd(char *filename, void *buf, int size);
 
 static int __init read_initrd(void)
 {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ __uml_setup("initrd=", uml_initrd_setup,
 "    name of the file containing the image.\n\n"
 );
 
-int load_initrd(char *filename, void *buf, int size)
+static int load_initrd(char *filename, void *buf, int size)
 {
 	int fd, n;