diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 1530f661ef85..799d15aa35f9 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3235,7 +3235,7 @@ static void selinux_file_free_security(struct file *file)
  * Check whether a task has the ioctl permission and cmd
  * operation to an inode.
  */
-int ioctl_has_perm(const struct cred *cred, struct file *file,
+static int ioctl_has_perm(const struct cred *cred, struct file *file,
 		u32 requested, u16 cmd)
 {
 	struct common_audit_data ad;