diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
index fe4e1531976c3a36127b6ad4af33f24534af4c52..1b7673aac59d51a5f8b5ef3f2076f1440c017fae 100644
--- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
+++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_flow_dissector_init);
  * The function will try to retrieve a be32 entity at
  * offset poff
  */
-__be16 skb_flow_get_be16(const struct sk_buff *skb, int poff, void *data,
-			 int hlen)
+static __be16 skb_flow_get_be16(const struct sk_buff *skb, int poff,
+				void *data, int hlen)
 {
 	__be16 *u, _u;