diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index bcb838e2e52f24593da609abba67dc5ab5336947..445d9bbc21eb3b17e735a685b4bc626bfec72a34 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ getname(const char __user * filename)
 {
 	return getname_flags(filename, 0, NULL);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(getname);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
 void putname(struct filename *name)