diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 97a733cf3d5f925d1eede00d0dbca63f3565fd38..8411be3c19d30c8f4c4b745c56ad415d8ac4a126 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_write_same);
  *  Generate and issue number of bios with zerofiled pages.
  */
 
-int __blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
-			sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static int __blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+				  sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct bio *bio;