diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8796fda1b77b..30639f3a9c1a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9347e0b0ce6255f4abef462d373577e7c8362fc6
+refs/heads/master: bb0e1290876a534d542f624cd549dab90cc767c4
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
index b7d6c23f2871..cff84cd9987f 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static struct console simnow_console = {
 };
 
 /* Direct interface for emergencies */
-struct console *early_console = &early_vga_console;
+static struct console *early_console = &early_vga_console;
 static int early_console_initialized = 0;
 
 void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)