diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/platsmp.c
index c53077bb8c3f..e44d028555a4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/platsmp.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int sun6i_smp_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct smp_operations sun6i_smp_ops __initdata = {
+static struct smp_operations sun6i_smp_ops __initdata = {
 	.smp_prepare_cpus	= sun6i_smp_prepare_cpus,
 	.smp_boot_secondary	= sun6i_smp_boot_secondary,
 };