diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index c5f6812ca06a..61239a2cb786 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ rpc_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-const struct inode_operations rpc_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations rpc_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= rpc_lookup,
 };