diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
index 7bb187ac1492..996847023015 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ int set_callback_cred(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct rpc_cred *get_backchannel_cred(struct nfs4_client *clp, struct rpc_clnt *client, struct nfsd4_session *ses)
+static struct rpc_cred *get_backchannel_cred(struct nfs4_client *clp, struct rpc_clnt *client, struct nfsd4_session *ses)
 {
 	if (clp->cl_minorversion == 0) {
 		return get_rpccred(callback_cred);