diff --git a/include/linux/idr.h b/include/linux/idr.h
index e5eb125effe6..4cf042da3892 100644
--- a/include/linux/idr.h
+++ b/include/linux/idr.h
@@ -110,10 +110,22 @@ int idr_for_each(struct idr *idp,
 void *idr_get_next(struct idr *idp, int *nextid);
 void *idr_replace(struct idr *idp, void *ptr, int id);
 void idr_remove(struct idr *idp, int id);
-void idr_remove_all(struct idr *idp);
 void idr_destroy(struct idr *idp);
 void idr_init(struct idr *idp);
 
+void __idr_remove_all(struct idr *idp);	/* don't use */
+
+/**
+ * idr_remove_all - remove all ids from the given idr tree
+ * @idp: idr handle
+ *
+ * If you're trying to destroy @idp, calling idr_destroy() is enough.
+ * This is going away.  Don't use.
+ */
+static inline void __deprecated idr_remove_all(struct idr *idp)
+{
+	__idr_remove_all(idp);
+}
 
 /*
  * IDA - IDR based id allocator, use when translation from id to
diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index b8602e0b30da..814c53ce0d41 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -433,11 +433,7 @@ void idr_remove(struct idr *idp, int id)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_remove);
 
-/**
- * idr_remove_all - remove all ids from the given idr tree
- * @idp: idr handle
- */
-void idr_remove_all(struct idr *idp)
+void __idr_remove_all(struct idr *idp)
 {
 	int n, id, max;
 	int bt_mask;
@@ -470,7 +466,7 @@ void idr_remove_all(struct idr *idp)
 	}
 	idp->layers = 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_remove_all);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__idr_remove_all);
 
 /**
  * idr_destroy - release all cached layers within an idr tree
@@ -487,7 +483,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_remove_all);
  */
 void idr_destroy(struct idr *idp)
 {
-	idr_remove_all(idp);
+	__idr_remove_all(idp);
 
 	while (idp->id_free_cnt) {
 		struct idr_layer *p = get_from_free_list(idp);