diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 27b69b85d49f6a7f7a0048bc862b3a3bc1d193b9..d83003d856a03b421e36009e16545706dae4771b 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ static ssize_t new_sync_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t
 	return ret;
 }
 
-ssize_t __vfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *p, size_t count,
-		    loff_t *pos)
+static ssize_t __vfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *p,
+			   size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	if (file->f_op->write)
 		return file->f_op->write(file, p, count, pos);