diff --git a/common/fdt_simplefb.c b/common/fdt_simplefb.c
index 282c34fe0b9..069ced75a7f 100644
--- a/common/fdt_simplefb.c
+++ b/common/fdt_simplefb.c
@@ -71,7 +71,13 @@ int fdt_simplefb_add_node(void *blob)
 	return fdt_simplefb_configure_node(blob, off);
 }
 
-int fdt_simplefb_enable_existing_node(void *blob)
+/**
+ * fdt_simplefb_enable_existing_node() - enable simple-framebuffer DT node
+ *
+ * @blob:	device-tree
+ * Return:	0 on success, non-zero otherwise
+ */
+static int fdt_simplefb_enable_existing_node(void *blob)
 {
 	int off;
 
diff --git a/include/fdt_simplefb.h b/include/fdt_simplefb.h
index 41cd740ac05..af93e3be631 100644
--- a/include/fdt_simplefb.h
+++ b/include/fdt_simplefb.h
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@
 #ifndef _FDT_SIMPLEFB_H_
 #define _FDT_SIMPLEFB_H_
 int fdt_simplefb_add_node(void *blob);
-int fdt_simplefb_enable_existing_node(void *blob);
 int fdt_simplefb_enable_and_mem_rsv(void *blob);
 #endif