diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes.c
index da6b88b80ba4..7f7cdbeacd1a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void arch_remove_optimized_kprobe(struct optimized_kprobe *op)
  * Generate instructions to load provided immediate 64-bit value
  * to register 'reg' and patch these instructions at 'addr'.
  */
-void patch_imm64_load_insns(unsigned long val, int reg, kprobe_opcode_t *addr)
+static void patch_imm64_load_insns(unsigned long val, int reg, kprobe_opcode_t *addr)
 {
 	/* lis reg,(op)@highest */
 	patch_instruction((struct ppc_inst *)addr,