diff --git a/kernel/unwind.c b/kernel/unwind.c
index 3430475fcd886d011c01370a558e0a5965dd950d..2e2368607aab1a8293739315d832c608463d8d5f 100644
--- a/kernel/unwind.c
+++ b/kernel/unwind.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static struct unwind_table {
 	unsigned long size;
 	struct unwind_table *link;
 	const char *name;
-} root_table, *last_table;
+} root_table;
 
 struct unwind_item {
 	enum item_location {
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ void __init unwind_init(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 
+static struct unwind_table *last_table;
+
 /* Must be called with module_mutex held. */
 void *unwind_add_table(struct module *module,
                        const void *table_start,