diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_debugfs.c b/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_debugfs.c
index 91818e4ff002dbc295f907f9460ea53865e97ec0..88b8dc9999bbdb34546a8e1365ff86979858c678 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_debugfs.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_debugfs.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static ssize_t rate_control_pid_events_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 
 #undef RC_PID_PRINT_BUF_SIZE
 
-struct file_operations rc_pid_fop_events = {
+static struct file_operations rc_pid_fop_events = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.read = rate_control_pid_events_read,
 	.poll = rate_control_pid_events_poll,