diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/pulse8-cec/pulse8-cec.c b/drivers/staging/media/pulse8-cec/pulse8-cec.c
index 13b8d84ea826ca516b2d3feb528ffc0f89e607c3..7d6d5ee64df90af744fc9cde47cb4d7cfba67a0d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/pulse8-cec/pulse8-cec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/pulse8-cec/pulse8-cec.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ struct pulse8 {
 	bool started;
 };
 
-void pulse8_irq_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
+static void pulse8_irq_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct pulse8 *pulse8 =
 		container_of(work, struct pulse8, work);