diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 75bc2cd9ebc6a7307aa15c404a914559bcab917b..8b57a2597f21fda9c9602e27028753f1f7325234 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ void kretprobe_hash_lock(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	spin_lock_irqsave(hlist_lock, *flags);
 }
 
-void kretprobe_table_lock(unsigned long hash, unsigned long *flags)
+static void kretprobe_table_lock(unsigned long hash, unsigned long *flags)
 {
 	spinlock_t *hlist_lock = kretprobe_table_lock_ptr(hash);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(hlist_lock, *flags);