diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index ad137005cda7ae1030aea95a437cbd9eb1bd9668..d30ce699ae4b6ea4ac3ad1b8ec955fa271bdcb16 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ struct dentry *d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_find_any_alias);
 
-struct dentry *__d_obtain_alias(struct inode *inode, int disconnected)
+static struct dentry *__d_obtain_alias(struct inode *inode, int disconnected)
 {
 	static const struct qstr anonstring = QSTR_INIT("/", 1);
 	struct dentry *tmp;