diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ftrace.c
index 9103a56b39e839aed5af1f1f7b8fa78b9f7beee3..2ea6e4ff7fd2bd2ae2716af43bd87f1b68910c8e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ static const u32 ftrace_nop = 0x01000000;
 
 static u32 ftrace_call_replace(unsigned long ip, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	static u32 call;
+	u32 call;
 	s32 off;
 
 	off = ((s32)addr - (s32)ip);