diff --git a/hw/net/cadence_gem.c b/hw/net/cadence_gem.c
index e34b25e734fe3dec81ef65cfcaeb4af79b8d8a3a..cdb18253b6b3b1193193f4c1e70c9f82f964f596 100644
--- a/hw/net/cadence_gem.c
+++ b/hw/net/cadence_gem.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ typedef struct GemState {
 } GemState;
 
 /* The broadcast MAC address: 0xFFFFFFFFFFFF */
-const uint8_t broadcast_addr[] = { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF };
+static const uint8_t broadcast_addr[] = { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF };
 
 /*
  * gem_init_register_masks:
diff --git a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
index ddcee4bd2157940cf6e4442607feb88b2cde0ce1..1bb9259df25a08dd73f8039752c6ad51c46182b7 100644
--- a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
+++ b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ static void vmxnet3_put_txq_descr(QEMUFile *f, void *pv, size_t size)
     vmxnet3_put_tx_stats_to_file(f, &r->txq_stats);
 }
 
-const VMStateInfo txq_descr_info = {
+static const VMStateInfo txq_descr_info = {
     .name = "txq_descr",
     .get = vmxnet3_get_txq_descr,
     .put = vmxnet3_put_txq_descr
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ static int vmxnet3_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
     return 0;
 }
 
-const VMStateInfo rxq_descr_info = {
+static const VMStateInfo rxq_descr_info = {
     .name = "rxq_descr",
     .get = vmxnet3_get_rxq_descr,
     .put = vmxnet3_put_rxq_descr
@@ -2423,7 +2423,7 @@ static void vmxnet3_put_int_state(QEMUFile *f, void *pv, size_t size)
     qemu_put_byte(f, r->is_asserted);
 }
 
-const VMStateInfo int_state_info = {
+static const VMStateInfo int_state_info = {
     .name = "int_state",
     .get = vmxnet3_get_int_state,
     .put = vmxnet3_put_int_state
diff --git a/hw/net/xgmac.c b/hw/net/xgmac.c
index 9384fa0c5caad9ab78e741269a7002ddb52f1bda..88349ac6a2f05db8e8245c83c9dc33dedefb5375 100644
--- a/hw/net/xgmac.c
+++ b/hw/net/xgmac.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ typedef struct XgmacState {
     uint32_t regs[R_MAX];
 } XgmacState;
 
-const VMStateDescription vmstate_rxtx_stats = {
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_rxtx_stats = {
     .name = "xgmac_stats",
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c
index d9fe946818451d07bcc26bdc1b3db5d9218acde7..72493d802aadc57453b765a1a3874774678db332 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_iommu.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ enum sPAPRTCEAccess {
     SPAPR_TCE_RW = 3,
 };
 
-QLIST_HEAD(spapr_tce_tables, sPAPRTCETable) spapr_tce_tables;
+static QLIST_HEAD(spapr_tce_tables, sPAPRTCETable) spapr_tce_tables;
 
 static sPAPRTCETable *spapr_tce_find_by_liobn(uint32_t liobn)
 {
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
index 73860d048661636ff22ed52f7d556860599f1bb5..ea4a2b2698230a8b95f3255fde5fe469af85869b 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static struct rtas_call {
     spapr_rtas_fn fn;
 } rtas_table[TOKEN_MAX];
 
-struct rtas_call *rtas_next = rtas_table;
+static struct rtas_call *rtas_next = rtas_table;
 
 target_ulong spapr_rtas_call(PowerPCCPU *cpu, sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
                              uint32_t token, uint32_t nargs, target_ulong args,
diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
index ae921a6a751010ed909a0cad69065bf399ebdf72..abe73022c0bc2d64591bc1d4a787d127c5035bc4 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ static uint64_t scsi_cmd_lba(SCSICommand *cmd)
     return lba;
 }
 
-int scsi_req_parse(SCSICommand *cmd, SCSIDevice *dev, uint8_t *buf)
+static int scsi_req_parse(SCSICommand *cmd, SCSIDevice *dev, uint8_t *buf)
 {
     int rc;