diff --git a/net/sched/act_ife.c b/net/sched/act_ife.c
index 71e7ff22f7c92a86cacad9a1b8d18d3d726f52fb..c75ea5c9102c50f5810b52bf7b1d0e42a7acdfd2 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ife.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ife.c
@@ -603,8 +603,8 @@ static int tcf_ife_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *a, int bind,
 	return -1;
 }
 
-int find_decode_metaid(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_ife_info *ife,
-		       u16 metaid, u16 mlen, void *mdata)
+static int find_decode_metaid(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_ife_info *ife,
+			      u16 metaid, u16 mlen, void *mdata)
 {
 	struct tcf_meta_info *e;