diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 14d5d91397f108c2cfc9a3e7230503f676bc83e9..264d4f6479b3a0d8ff8e5479b37298fb9f7b958e 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ void virtio_queue_set_align(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n, int align)
     virtio_queue_update_rings(vdev, n);
 }
 
-void virtio_queue_notify_vq(VirtQueue *vq)
+static void virtio_queue_notify_vq(VirtQueue *vq)
 {
     if (vq->vring.desc && vq->handle_output) {
         VirtIODevice *vdev = vq->vdev;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
index 2b5b248b0c380c8895b5c381e5cf8cd4fd0f8b27..5afb51c94ff7bb33deac79a636348a24498613cb 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ void virtio_queue_set_host_notifier_fd_handler(VirtQueue *vq, bool assign,
                                                bool set_handler);
 void virtio_queue_aio_set_host_notifier_handler(VirtQueue *vq, AioContext *ctx,
                                                 bool assign, bool set_handler);
-void virtio_queue_notify_vq(VirtQueue *vq);
 void virtio_irq(VirtQueue *vq);
 VirtQueue *virtio_vector_first_queue(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint16_t vector);
 VirtQueue *virtio_vector_next_queue(VirtQueue *vq);