diff --git a/net/ipv4/igmp.c b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
index 28fef7d15959f..75151be21413f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/igmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
@@ -1387,7 +1387,8 @@ static void ip_mc_hash_remove(struct in_device *in_dev,
 /*
  *	A socket has joined a multicast group on device dev.
  */
-void __ip_mc_inc_group(struct in_device *in_dev, __be32 addr, unsigned int mode)
+static void __ip_mc_inc_group(struct in_device *in_dev, __be32 addr,
+			      unsigned int mode)
 {
 	struct ip_mc_list *im;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST