diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
index 59e36b0cf94b..a8bcc51057f1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ void ll_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	lli->lli_has_smd = false;
 }
 
-int ll_md_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct md_op_data *op_data,
+static int ll_md_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct md_op_data *op_data,
 		  struct md_open_data **mod)
 {
 	struct lustre_md md;