diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index e28cecf179f5..e1443518398e 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int __init sysfs_inode_init(void)
 	return bdi_init(&sysfs_backing_dev_info);
 }
 
-struct sysfs_inode_attrs *sysfs_init_inode_attrs(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+static struct sysfs_inode_attrs *sysfs_init_inode_attrs(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 	struct sysfs_inode_attrs *attrs;
 	struct iattr *iattrs;
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ struct sysfs_inode_attrs *sysfs_init_inode_attrs(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 
 	return attrs;
 }
+
 int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
 {
 	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;