diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
index 23579ff374c5..a5a8454f2a63 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c
@@ -2117,7 +2117,7 @@ xfs_showargs(
  * need to take care of themetadata. Once that's done write a dummy
  * record to dirty the log in case of a crash while frozen.
  */
-STATIC void
+void
 xfs_freeze(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp)
 {