diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
index 6959fa0f64b67997f7a07f2b886fbf4cfc8f5c25..afa9d6ef353ab3ab8e13f44acfa5a448953961a8 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct ts72xx_wdt {
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
 };
 
-struct platform_device *ts72xx_wdt_pdev;
+static struct platform_device *ts72xx_wdt_pdev;
 
 /*
  * TS-72xx Watchdog supports following timeouts (value written