diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
index 92396d5eb2593fe66d2afe2b1f8b833134da1961..4c9f35d983b2a567aeef32565023efead34e1b25 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static struct attribute *xfs_errortag_attrs[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-struct kobj_type xfs_errortag_ktype = {
+static struct kobj_type xfs_errortag_ktype = {
 	.release = xfs_sysfs_release,
 	.sysfs_ops = &xfs_errortag_sysfs_ops,
 	.default_attrs = xfs_errortag_attrs,