diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c
index 6bff81a58bf3..1d5f6823101c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c
@@ -649,7 +649,6 @@ void ide_acpi_set_state(ide_hwif_t *hwif, int on)
 	if (!on)
 		acpi_bus_set_power(hwif->acpidata->obj_handle, ACPI_STATE_D3);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_acpi_set_state);
 
 /**
  * ide_acpi_init - initialize the ACPI link for an IDE interface