diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c b/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c
index 300953a02a245f8e291bf48fcf99f29a51e1d37b..4f6e9b3c24e64976be99fc0e4f9b9b85fce33ebf 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const char *aa_ns_name(struct aa_ns *curr, struct aa_ns *view, bool subns)
 	return aa_hidden_ns_name;
 }
 
-struct aa_profile *alloc_unconfined(const char *name)
+static struct aa_profile *alloc_unconfined(const char *name)
 {
 	struct aa_profile *profile;