diff --git a/oslo/concurrency/lockutils.py b/oslo/concurrency/lockutils.py
index b8781ab..bd08fb1 100644
--- a/oslo/concurrency/lockutils.py
+++ b/oslo/concurrency/lockutils.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def synchronized_with_prefix(lock_file_prefix):
     return functools.partial(synchronized, lock_file_prefix=lock_file_prefix)
 
 
-def lock_wrapper(argv):
+def _lock_wrapper(argv):
     """Create a dir for locks and pass it to command from arguments
 
     This is exposed as a console script entry point named
@@ -357,4 +357,4 @@ def lock_wrapper(argv):
 
 
 def main():
-    sys.exit(lock_wrapper(sys.argv))
+    sys.exit(_lock_wrapper(sys.argv))
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_lockutils.py b/tests/unit/test_lockutils.py
index 188eef1..0709f75 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_lockutils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_lockutils.py
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ class LockutilsModuleTestCase(test_base.BaseTestCase):
             'assert os.path.isdir(lock_path)',
         ])
         argv = ['', sys.executable, '-c', script]
-        retval = lockutils.lock_wrapper(argv)
+        retval = lockutils._lock_wrapper(argv)
         self.assertEqual(retval, 0, "Bad OSLO_LOCK_PATH has been set")
 
     def test_return_value_maintained(self):
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class LockutilsModuleTestCase(test_base.BaseTestCase):
             'sys.exit(1)',
         ])
         argv = ['', sys.executable, '-c', script]
-        retval = lockutils.lock_wrapper(argv)
+        retval = lockutils._lock_wrapper(argv)
         self.assertEqual(retval, 1)