diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index d16a8b423c20..18e87791350f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ void svc_add_new_perm_xprt(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_xprt *new)
 	svc_xprt_received(new);
 }
 
-int _svc_create_xprt(struct svc_serv *serv, const char *xprt_name,
-		    struct net *net, const int family,
-		    const unsigned short port, int flags)
+static int _svc_create_xprt(struct svc_serv *serv, const char *xprt_name,
+			    struct net *net, const int family,
+			    const unsigned short port, int flags)
 {
 	struct svc_xprt_class *xcl;