diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 6a2f143e269c338b09989595264722dcf742e4e4..63b28fdceb4a3c7b425e87290d08237b5182a790 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ static struct buffer_head *ocfs2_find_entry_id(const char *name,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-struct buffer_head *ocfs2_find_entry_el(const char *name, int namelen,
-					struct inode *dir,
-					struct ocfs2_dir_entry **res_dir)
+static struct buffer_head *ocfs2_find_entry_el(const char *name, int namelen,
+					       struct inode *dir,
+					       struct ocfs2_dir_entry **res_dir)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	struct buffer_head *bh_use[NAMEI_RA_SIZE];