diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 195a91d..9901811 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -3115,7 +3115,7 @@
 	return nfserr;
 }
 
-__be32
+static __be32
 nfsd4_encode_sequence(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, int nfserr,
 		      struct nfsd4_sequence *seq)
 {