diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
index 7d2256583bc7..680bdbbc5984 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
@@ -438,21 +438,6 @@ ib_umem_get_from_attrs_or_va(struct ib_device *device,
 	return ib_umem_get_desc_check(device, &desc, size, access);
 }
 
-/**
- * ib_umem_get_va - Pin and DMA map userspace memory.
- *
- * @device: IB device to connect UMEM
- * @addr: userspace virtual address to start at
- * @size: length of region to pin
- * @access: IB_ACCESS_xxx flags for memory being pinned
- */
-struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get_va(struct ib_device *device, unsigned long addr,
-			       size_t size, int access)
-{
-	return __ib_umem_get_va(device, addr, size, access);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ib_umem_get_va);
-
 /**
  * ib_umem_get_attr - Pin a umem from a per-command UMEM attribute.
  * @device:  IB device.
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_umem.h b/include/rdma/ib_umem.h
index 0f373679ea81..908eafa52840 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_umem.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_umem.h
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ struct uverbs_attr_bundle;
 struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get_desc(struct ib_device *device,
 				 const struct ib_uverbs_buffer_desc *desc,
 				 int access);
-struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get_va(struct ib_device *device, unsigned long addr,
-			       size_t size, int access);
 struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get_attr(struct ib_device *device,
 				 const struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs,
 				 u16 attr_id, size_t size, int access);
@@ -93,6 +91,13 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get_attr_or_va(struct ib_device *device,
 				       u16 attr_id, u64 addr, size_t size,
 				       int access);
 
+static inline struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get_va(struct ib_device *device,
+					     unsigned long addr, size_t size,
+					     int access)
+{
+	return ib_umem_get_attr_or_va(device, NULL, 0, addr, size, access);
+}
+
 void ib_umem_release(struct ib_umem *umem);
 int ib_umem_copy_from(void *dst, struct ib_umem *umem, size_t offset,
 		      size_t length);