diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 02dc82db3d232c79173d271370f7ff2bd68f5dc7..b7ce3b772d6a552db5a42b3628d38ea922a233e6 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ int sock_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_sendmsg);
 
-int sock_sendmsg_nosec(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
+static int sock_sendmsg_nosec(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 {
 	struct kiocb iocb;
 	struct sock_iocb siocb;