diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index e026c807e6b376fe57deb2dc2050d1d58d7c917a..64983ab55586856ae06a93393d1ea38c907853e9 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void huge_pagevec_release(struct pagevec *pvec)
  *
  * Result is in bytes to be compatible with is_hugepage_mem_enough()
  */
-unsigned long
+static unsigned long
 huge_pages_needed(struct address_space *mapping, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	int i;