diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c b/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c
index 34e4350dd4d92..e247f8bca8e45 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ ext4_xattr_security_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 			      name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
-int ext4_initxattrs(struct inode *inode, const struct xattr *xattr_array,
-		    void *fs_info)
+static int
+ext4_initxattrs(struct inode *inode, const struct xattr *xattr_array,
+		void *fs_info)
 {
 	const struct xattr *xattr;
 	handle_t *handle = fs_info;