diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_slave.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_slave.c
index 7cb97de3cf63aa583d9158f4d07ea04ecf170f26..fb4e5edb3ed06ea602a828e3d1e15d92977665ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_slave.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_slave.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static ssize_t slave_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 	return slave_attr->show(slave, buf);
 }
 
-const struct sysfs_ops slave_sysfs_ops = {
+static const struct sysfs_ops slave_sysfs_ops = {
 	.show = slave_show,
 };