diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-core.c b/drivers/leds/led-core.c
index e0dd2284e84a..f2cea4e094f6 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-core.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-core.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(leds_list_lock);
 LIST_HEAD(leds_list);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(leds_list);
 
-const char * const led_colors[LED_COLOR_ID_MAX] = {
+static const char * const led_colors[LED_COLOR_ID_MAX] = {
 	[LED_COLOR_ID_WHITE] = "white",
 	[LED_COLOR_ID_RED] = "red",
 	[LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN] = "green",
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ const char * const led_colors[LED_COLOR_ID_MAX] = {
 	[LED_COLOR_ID_CYAN] = "cyan",
 	[LED_COLOR_ID_LIME] = "lime",
 };
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_colors);
 
 static int __led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int value)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds.h b/drivers/leds/leds.h
index 1138e2ab82e5..d7999e7372a4 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds.h
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds.h
@@ -30,6 +30,5 @@ ssize_t led_trigger_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 
 extern struct rw_semaphore leds_list_lock;
 extern struct list_head leds_list;
-extern const char * const led_colors[LED_COLOR_ID_MAX];
 
 #endif	/* __LEDS_H_INCLUDED */