diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 27a11cc08c61e..2cb7e741e1a24 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static int xennet_xdp_xmit(struct net_device *dev, int n,
 	return nxmit;
 }
 
-struct sk_buff *bounce_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+static struct sk_buff *bounce_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	unsigned int headerlen = skb_headroom(skb);
 	/* Align size to allocate full pages and avoid contiguous data leaks */