diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
index 65461f821a75..0c739a7f40cd 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ static int vgic_handle_mmio_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 				       true);
 }
 
-struct kvm_io_device_ops vgic_io_ops = {
+static struct kvm_io_device_ops vgic_io_ops = {
 	.read	= vgic_handle_mmio_read,
 	.write	= vgic_handle_mmio_write,
 };