diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index f90ed00a6d5b..2057ad363772 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ static void ftrace_profile_reset(struct ftrace_profile_stat *stat)
 	       FTRACE_PROFILE_HASH_SIZE * sizeof(struct hlist_head));
 }
 
-int ftrace_profile_pages_init(struct ftrace_profile_stat *stat)
+static int ftrace_profile_pages_init(struct ftrace_profile_stat *stat)
 {
 	struct ftrace_profile_page *pg;
 	int functions;