diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/framework.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/framework.c
index cc9d1826ae66fd62f436aa8c91c4205b4bfa00cf..56b4ef4a5592356edc7b4d996f855866bd5ecc83 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/framework.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/framework.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ do {				    \
 #define sfw_test_active(t)      (atomic_read(&(t)->tsi_nactive) != 0)
 #define sfw_batch_active(b)     (atomic_read(&(b)->bat_nactive) != 0)
 
-struct smoketest_framework {
+static struct smoketest_framework {
 	struct list_head	 fw_zombie_rpcs;     /* RPCs to be recycled */
 	struct list_head	 fw_zombie_sessions; /* stopping sessions */
 	struct list_head	 fw_tests;	   /* registered test cases */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/rpc.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/rpc.c
index b602077c8bb51938e1a6e66fd0403b53a50600bc..bb6aa2ea136b5d2c944f956916879dbaf0f42135 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/rpc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/rpc.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	SRPC_STATE_STOPPING,
 } srpc_state_t;
 
-struct smoketest_rpc {
+static struct smoketest_rpc {
 	spinlock_t	 rpc_glock;	/* global lock */
 	srpc_service_t	*rpc_services[SRPC_SERVICE_MAX_ID + 1];
 	lnet_handle_eq_t rpc_lnet_eq;	/* _the_ LNet event queue */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/timer.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/timer.c
index f8352c2a7d37c67c350d64518afdd343a45d79c4..441f9472a834c698c093ea270dc9e95171655e97 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/timer.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/timer.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #define STTIMER_SLOT(t)	       (&stt_data.stt_hash[(((t) >> STTIMER_MINPOLL) & \
 						    (STTIMER_NSLOTS - 1))])
 
-struct st_timer_data {
+static struct st_timer_data {
 	spinlock_t	 stt_lock;
 	/* start time of the slot processed previously */
 	unsigned long       stt_prev_slot;