diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index f5dfc8fb7b37..0aa331bd2fdb 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ void *dst_alloc(struct dst_ops *ops, struct net_device *dev,
 void dst_init(struct dst_entry *dst, struct dst_ops *ops,
 	      struct net_device *dev, int initial_obsolete,
 	      unsigned short flags);
-struct dst_entry *dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst);
 void dst_dev_put(struct dst_entry *dst);
 
 static inline void dst_confirm(struct dst_entry *dst)
diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index 6838d3212c37..95f533844f17 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void *dst_alloc(struct dst_ops *ops, struct net_device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dst_alloc);
 
-struct dst_entry *dst_destroy(struct dst_entry * dst)
+static void dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	struct dst_entry *child = NULL;
 
@@ -126,15 +126,13 @@ struct dst_entry *dst_destroy(struct dst_entry * dst)
 	dst = child;
 	if (dst)
 		dst_release_immediate(dst);
-	return NULL;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dst_destroy);
 
 static void dst_destroy_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct dst_entry *dst = container_of(head, struct dst_entry, rcu_head);
 
-	dst = dst_destroy(dst);
+	dst_destroy(dst);
 }
 
 /* Operations to mark dst as DEAD and clean up the net device referenced