diff --git a/kernel/jump_label.c b/kernel/jump_label.c
index 05254eeb4b4e485be75bacff667c8ed3aab4a200..ac4ab953b49c882efbe55c2fcd66871e75f49bef 100644
--- a/kernel/jump_label.c
+++ b/kernel/jump_label.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ jump_label_module_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val,
 	return notifier_from_errno(ret);
 }
 
-struct notifier_block jump_label_module_nb = {
+static struct notifier_block jump_label_module_nb = {
 	.notifier_call = jump_label_module_notify,
 	.priority = 1, /* higher than tracepoints */
 };