diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 46ce9b2..9ad43be 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 }
 
 
-void __devinit get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, int early)
+static void __devinit get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, int early)
 {
 	char *v = c->x86_vendor_id;
 	int i;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
index 0511d80..9aec524 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@
  	c->x86_num_cores = intel_num_cpu_cores(c);
 }
 
-void __cpuinit get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+static void __cpuinit get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	char *v = c->x86_vendor_id;
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/proto.h b/include/asm-x86_64/proto.h
index 6c813eb..f757419 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/proto.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/proto.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 struct cpuinfo_x86; 
 struct pt_regs;
 
-extern void get_cpu_vendor(struct cpuinfo_x86*);
 extern void start_kernel(void);
 extern void pda_init(int);