diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.c b/migration/qemu-file.c
index fdf115b5da..9a89e17924 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.c
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ void qemu_file_set_error(QEMUFile *f, int ret)
     qemu_file_set_error_obj(f, ret, NULL);
 }
 
-bool qemu_file_is_writable(QEMUFile *f)
+static bool qemu_file_is_writable(QEMUFile *f)
 {
     return f->is_writable;
 }
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.h b/migration/qemu-file.h
index aa6eee66da..a081ef6c3f 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.h
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.h
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ uint64_t qemu_file_transferred_noflush(QEMUFile *f);
 void qemu_put_buffer_async(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *buf, size_t size,
                            bool may_free);
 bool qemu_file_mode_is_not_valid(const char *mode);
-bool qemu_file_is_writable(QEMUFile *f);
 
 #include "migration/qemu-file-types.h"