return kobj->k_name;
 }
 
-extern void kobject_init(struct kobject *);
 extern void kobject_init_ng(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype);
 extern int __must_check kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj,
                                    struct kobject *parent,
 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_get_path);
 
-/**
- *     kobject_init - initialize object.
- *     @kobj:  object in question.
- */
-void kobject_init(struct kobject * kobj)
+static void kobject_init_internal(struct kobject * kobj)
 {
        if (!kobj)
                return;
 {
        int error = -EINVAL;
        if (kobj) {
-               kobject_init(kobj);
+               kobject_init_internal(kobj);
                error = kobject_add(kobj);
                if (!error)
                        kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 
 void kset_init(struct kset * k)
 {
-       kobject_init(&k->kobj);
+       kobject_init_internal(&k->kobj);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&k->list);
        spin_lock_init(&k->list_lock);
 }
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kset_create_and_add);
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_register);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_unregister);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get);