diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
index 4a903e2f0d17..8e4cbb255c38 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <asm/apic.h>
 #include <asm/ipi.h>
 
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(u32, x86_cpu_to_logical_apicid);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u32, x86_cpu_to_logical_apicid);
 
 static int x2apic_acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id)
 {