diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 5b752f58a900..7149ebc820c7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -649,4 +649,3 @@ void tcp_init_xmit_timers(struct sock *sk)
 	inet_csk_init_xmit_timers(sk, &tcp_write_timer, &tcp_delack_timer,
 				  &tcp_keepalive_timer);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_init_xmit_timers);