diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
index 7b462a39aa4da9773015670e2c6b558a9d789656..768e8f5d7daa37e95863195d0418d0d77e6e0684 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static struct fib_rule local_rule = {
 	.r_action =	RTN_UNICAST,
 };
 
-struct hlist_head fib_rules;
+static struct hlist_head fib_rules;
 
 /* writer func called from netlink -- rtnl_sem hold*/