diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index ee188158a224ad45c5d494319bc7158ba75ed06f..c887b1378f7ed5087eca0df3ca745e15d9a88cc6 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_create_event(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask,
 	return event;
 }
 
-__init int fsnotify_notification_init(void)
+static __init int fsnotify_notification_init(void)
 {
 	fsnotify_event_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(fsnotify_event, SLAB_PANIC);
 	fsnotify_event_holder_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(fsnotify_event_holder, SLAB_PANIC);
@@ -461,4 +461,3 @@ __init int fsnotify_notification_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 subsys_initcall(fsnotify_notification_init);
-