diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pm8xxx.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pm8xxx.c
index 9f1d6bcbdf6cf0ffc9403be3ea380e9f58d14774..d00bd24342a311555cb35f444296cddfb27bf408 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pm8xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pm8xxx.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static int pm8xxx_rtc_suspend(struct device *dev)
 }
 #endif
 
-SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(pm8xxx_rtc_pm_ops, pm8xxx_rtc_suspend, pm8xxx_rtc_resume);
+static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(pm8xxx_rtc_pm_ops, pm8xxx_rtc_suspend, pm8xxx_rtc_resume);
 
 static struct platform_driver pm8xxx_rtc_driver = {
 	.probe		= pm8xxx_rtc_probe,