diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index bc11a263aa53bf988a162f114b0f05cf691850ed..a63d12e4be5683ab6ceb932f21c21a2ff917066e 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spinlock_t kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 static spinlock_t sysfs_ino_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 static DEFINE_IDA(sysfs_ino_ida);
 
-int sysfs_alloc_ino(ino_t *pino)
+static int sysfs_alloc_ino(ino_t *pino)
 {
 	int ino, rc;