diff --git a/net/tipc/net.c b/net/tipc/net.c
index 79ce8fa2b77ac4909500181e0b899298adc5e199..d7cd1e064a80c6b618bf2dd9c3180f3185a3b1f7 100644
--- a/net/tipc/net.c
+++ b/net/tipc/net.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 */
 
 DEFINE_RWLOCK(tipc_net_lock);
-struct _zone *tipc_zones[256] = { NULL, };
+static struct _zone *tipc_zones[256] = { NULL, };
 struct network tipc_net = { tipc_zones };
 
 struct tipc_node *tipc_net_select_remote_node(u32 addr, u32 ref)