diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index b52b6ddd6c15..abe1e9f2a942 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static int gather_surplus_pages(int delta)
  * allocated to satisfy the reservation must be explicitly freed if they were
  * never used.
  */
-void return_unused_surplus_pages(unsigned long unused_resv_pages)
+static void return_unused_surplus_pages(unsigned long unused_resv_pages)
 {
 	static int nid = -1;
 	struct page *page;