diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 5c36ceecb5c12..c9b5b59cbd484 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	}
 }
 
-const struct xattr_handler ecryptfs_xattr_handler = {
+static const struct xattr_handler ecryptfs_xattr_handler = {
 	.prefix = "",  /* match anything */
 	.get = ecryptfs_xattr_get,
 	.set = ecryptfs_xattr_set,