diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 447cd0e..8046c6d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 static int svc_deferred_recv(struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
 static struct cache_deferred_req *svc_defer(struct cache_req *req);
 static void svc_age_temp_xprts(unsigned long closure);
+static void svc_delete_xprt(struct svc_xprt *xprt);
 
 /* apparently the "standard" is that clients close
  * idle connections after 5 minutes, servers after
@@ -878,7 +879,7 @@
 /*
  * Remove a dead transport
  */
-void svc_delete_xprt(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
+static void svc_delete_xprt(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 {
 	struct svc_serv	*serv = xprt->xpt_server;
 	struct svc_deferred_req *dr;