diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
index 8c401e42301cbf76d87052f98792899b89f5a308..f39e85fd58fa994bfed2c122462b3b83a774c167 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ int ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller(void)
 #define S_R_SP	(0xafb0 << 16)	/* s{d,w} R, offset(sp) */
 #define OFFSET_MASK	0xffff	/* stack offset range: 0 ~ PT_SIZE */
 
-unsigned long ftrace_get_parent_ra_addr(unsigned long self_ra, unsigned long
+static unsigned long ftrace_get_parent_ra_addr(unsigned long self_ra, unsigned long
 		old_parent_ra, unsigned long parent_ra_addr, unsigned long fp)
 {
 	unsigned long sp, ip, tmp;