diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 689aac2625d2b72f0e76a59bec886d90b59ef1c4..3515a66022d761361d4802cffea66cef17c6a64a 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -599,7 +599,6 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(int node_id)
 	kmem_cache_free(blk_requestq_cachep, q);
 	return NULL;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_alloc_queue);
 
 /**
  * blk_get_queue - increment the request_queue refcount
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index cba3a94aabfa8cf0dd231976656d2f6dd9bffa40..3440142f029b22fcbed16b1f1ca1a701ae37f42f 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -359,4 +359,6 @@ int bio_add_hw_page(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
 		struct page *page, unsigned int len, unsigned int offset,
 		unsigned int max_sectors, bool *same_page);
 
+struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(int node_id);
+
 #endif /* BLK_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 2c28577b50f40125da4030d5460dc2d5872f7e2f..d66d0da7252991ab731130d395e18b6bd36710ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1213,7 +1213,6 @@ static inline int blk_rq_map_sg(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 extern void blk_dump_rq_flags(struct request *, char *);
 
 bool __must_check blk_get_queue(struct request_queue *);
-struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(int node_id);
 extern void blk_put_queue(struct request_queue *);
 extern void blk_set_queue_dying(struct request_queue *);