diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
index d1928fdd0f43..42078e6be47f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ static void mei_cl_bus_dev_init(struct mei_device *bus,
  *
  * @bus: mei device
  */
-void mei_cl_bus_rescan(struct mei_device *bus)
+static void mei_cl_bus_rescan(struct mei_device *bus)
 {
 	struct mei_cl_device *cldev, *n;
 	struct mei_me_client *me_cl;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
index 63a67c99fc78..ebcd5132e447 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ struct mei_hw_ops {
 };
 
 /* MEI bus API*/
-void mei_cl_bus_rescan(struct mei_device *bus);
 void mei_cl_bus_rescan_work(struct work_struct *work);
 void mei_cl_bus_dev_fixup(struct mei_cl_device *dev);
 ssize_t __mei_cl_send(struct mei_cl *cl, u8 *buf, size_t length,