diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/pulse8-cec/pulse8-cec.c b/drivers/staging/media/pulse8-cec/pulse8-cec.c
index 7d6d5ee64df90af744fc9cde47cb4d7cfba67a0d..94f8590492dcd1d8b771956d1720f4a7b1191a00 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/pulse8-cec/pulse8-cec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/pulse8-cec/pulse8-cec.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static int pulse8_received(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_msg *msg)
 	return -ENOMSG;
 }
 
-const struct cec_adap_ops pulse8_cec_adap_ops = {
+static const struct cec_adap_ops pulse8_cec_adap_ops = {
 	.adap_enable = pulse8_cec_adap_enable,
 	.adap_log_addr = pulse8_cec_adap_log_addr,
 	.adap_transmit = pulse8_cec_adap_transmit,