diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 9110489ea411..7564dd4fd12b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -30,7 +30,19 @@ static inline void flush_cache_vmap(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 */
 
 #define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
-extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page);
+/*
+ * This is called when a page has been modified by the kernel.
+ * It just marks the page as not i-cache clean.  We do the i-cache
+ * flush later when the page is given to a user process, if necessary.
+ */
+static inline void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE))
+		return;
+	/* avoid an atomic op if possible */
+	if (test_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags))
+		clear_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags);
+}
 
 void flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop);
 #define flush_icache_range flush_icache_range
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/cacheflush.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/cacheflush.c
index abeef69ed4e4..d9eafa077c09 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/cacheflush.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/cacheflush.c
@@ -121,21 +121,6 @@ static void flush_dcache_icache_phys(unsigned long physaddr)
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * This is called when a page has been modified by the kernel.
- * It just marks the page as not i-cache clean.  We do the i-cache
- * flush later when the page is given to a user process, if necessary.
- */
-void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
-{
-	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE))
-		return;
-	/* avoid an atomic op if possible */
-	if (test_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags))
-		clear_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_dcache_page);
-
 /**
  * __flush_dcache_icache(): Flush a particular page from the data cache to RAM.
  * Note: this is necessary because the instruction cache does *not*