diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_shrinker.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_shrinker.c
index 086dacf2f26a74120f015a4d5f1ed93b9e0fdc1b..6e39d959b9f0f94a422c9559f58b655121978be9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_shrinker.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_shrinker.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 /* Default disabled for now until it has some more testing on the different
  * iommu combinations that can be paired with the driver:
  */
-bool enable_eviction = false;
+static bool enable_eviction = false;
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_eviction, "Enable swappable GEM buffers");
 module_param(enable_eviction, bool, 0600);