diff --git a/security/yama/yama_lsm.c b/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
index 06b14a57b0a40a4d69b9c8a5a06904dd4c39dfac..efac68556b4571e0ebef345935cdba035a13a285 100644
--- a/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
+++ b/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static void yama_task_free(struct task_struct *task)
  * Return 0 on success, -ve on error.  -ENOSYS is returned when Yama
  * does not handle the given option.
  */
-int yama_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
+static int yama_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
 			   unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5)
 {
 	int rc = -ENOSYS;