diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
index 87edf1ceb1d..d02def06ca9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void kvm_setup_secondary_clock(void)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-void __init kvm_smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
+static void __init kvm_smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 {
 	WARN_ON(kvm_register_clock("primary cpu clock"));
 	native_smp_prepare_boot_cpu();