diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 304bf5f643c944e5dae2607798310ff3299aff22..d5a238e6e6ed433a92b819cedee752d09394a0da 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ nfsd_commit(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFSD_V3 */
 
-__be32
+static __be32
 nfsd_create_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *resfhp,
 			struct iattr *iap)
 {