diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 038128b2a755..e880b4ecb314 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static void * __init get_boot_config_from_initrd(u32 *_size, u32 *_csum)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG
 
-char xbc_namebuf[XBC_KEYLEN_MAX] __initdata;
+static char xbc_namebuf[XBC_KEYLEN_MAX] __initdata;
 
 #define rest(dst, end) ((end) > (dst) ? (end) - (dst) : 0)