diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index 075af0a08d8498042d24ace25c597db7287aee13..ff3c12d2cd721a44411b09b5ae40145e915b23cc 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ u8 dcb_setapp(struct net_device *dev, struct dcb_app *new)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcb_setapp);
 
-void dcb_flushapp(void)
+static void dcb_flushapp(void)
 {
 	struct dcb_app_type *app;