diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index c7b8d39a3ce1..df8a734f1c05 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1987,7 +1987,7 @@ out_drop:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void nfs4_close_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, int is_sync)
+static void nfs4_close_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, int is_sync)
 {
 	if (ctx->state == NULL)
 		return;