diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index dac8d7676aff64fe3bdf1465e61d34fae7b80304..7b54b8bb101fc857a857e58c3f1e09b0a7711e1e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ int nfs_writeback_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfs_write_data *data)
 
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
-void nfs_commitdata_release(void *data)
+static void nfs_commitdata_release(void *data)
 {
 	struct nfs_write_data *wdata = data;