diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod_81xx_data.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod_81xx_data.c
index df8327713d06566eeb58d8691fcc1ffc2e5952d6..b82b77cff24c2c7ae5bb5ee59fa16d88301c34c9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod_81xx_data.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod_81xx_data.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static struct omap_hwmod_class ti81xx_rtc_hwmod_class = {
 	.sysc		= &ti81xx_rtc_sysc,
 };
 
-struct omap_hwmod ti81xx_rtc_hwmod = {
+static struct omap_hwmod ti81xx_rtc_hwmod = {
 	.name		= "rtc",
 	.class		= &ti81xx_rtc_hwmod_class,
 	.clkdm_name	= "alwon_l3s_clkdm",