diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-cards.c b/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-cards.c
index 4d97a76cc3b085cd20b274a90db73e4049218439..eb39903e000167f808414bb5224a8ea82b73fcec 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-cards.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(usb_xfer_mode,
 
 
 /* Bitmask marking allocated devices from 0 to EM28XX_MAXBOARDS - 1 */
-DECLARE_BITMAP(em28xx_devused, EM28XX_MAXBOARDS);
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(em28xx_devused, EM28XX_MAXBOARDS);
 
 struct em28xx_hash_table {
 	unsigned long hash;