diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
index 58d66fe..a7b212d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
 
 extern int panic_on_unrecovered_nmi;
 
-void math_error(struct pt_regs *, int, int);
 void math_emulate(struct math_emu_info *);
 #ifndef CONFIG_X86_32
 asmlinkage void smp_thermal_interrupt(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 57409f6..8eddd62 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
  * the correct behaviour even in the presence of the asynchronous
  * IRQ13 behaviour
  */
-void math_error(struct pt_regs *regs, int error_code, int trapnr)
+static void math_error(struct pt_regs *regs, int error_code, int trapnr)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task = current;
 	siginfo_t info;