diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 68bcb687019aa925e7f8852a4618db7073606197..1b34c56f8123ac7f4ccb7a7e677bee6ef8f7cb6f 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ struct pt_regs * __devinit idle_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return regs;
 }
 
-__cpuinit int alloc_gdt(int cpu)
+static __cpuinit int alloc_gdt(int cpu)
 {
 	struct Xgt_desc_struct *cpu_gdt_descr = &per_cpu(cpu_gdt_descr, cpu);
 	struct desc_struct *gdt;