diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index f636bc691642de442e840f7b6c025337ef421e8d..b376884d0ed1ea1483200a309d5ac5f27c09f277 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "qemu-config.h"
 #include "sysemu.h"
 
-struct drivelist drives = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(drives);
+static QTAILQ_HEAD(drivelist, DriveInfo) drives = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(drives);
 
 QemuOpts *drive_add(const char *file, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
diff --git a/blockdev.h b/blockdev.h
index 9e8a7fca27612f8997d4258c3e0bfe3461be4439..23ea5764a7796db5447171fed2824eee537d9815 100644
--- a/blockdev.h
+++ b/blockdev.h
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ typedef struct DriveInfo {
 #define MAX_IDE_DEVS	2
 #define MAX_SCSI_DEVS	7
 
-extern QTAILQ_HEAD(drivelist, DriveInfo) drives;
-
 extern DriveInfo *drive_get(BlockInterfaceType type, int bus, int unit);
 extern DriveInfo *drive_get_by_id(const char *id);
 extern int drive_get_max_bus(BlockInterfaceType type);