diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_netdev.c b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_netdev.c
index 965b1c0a475325d2ce79c9a4760328e1c20fd162..85fdedacceeb66880cc2e0af0d032053bbdbb3a4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_netdev.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ int wl_ioctl( struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd )
 /*============================================================================*/
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
-void wl_poll(struct net_device *dev)
+static void wl_poll(struct net_device *dev)
 {
     struct wl_private *lp = wl_priv(dev);
     unsigned long flags;