diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/gdb-stub.c b/arch/mips/kernel/gdb-stub.c
index ba0afb4a649c0ee97a020d23db7a742acbdd7818..3af94207f2bc88164a6f44060276c9e6ec499363 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/gdb-stub.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/gdb-stub.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ void set_async_breakpoint(unsigned long *epc)
 	*epc = (unsigned long)async_breakpoint;
 }
 
-void kgdb_wait(void *arg)
+static void kgdb_wait(void *arg)
 {
 	unsigned flags;
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();