diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
index c49e1701a2f6468f7485e2ae610ad2b147b8c4c0..35319b8e4d4bc3411834b3bdde886b39a6ae196b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ armv6pmu_start(void)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pmu_lock, flags);
 }
 
-void
+static void
 armv6pmu_stop(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags, val;