diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c
index 0d361ff43212..7801db0e79ce 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ int fld_client_del_target(struct lu_client_fld *fld, __u64 idx)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fld_client_del_target);
 
-struct proc_dir_entry *fld_type_proc_dir = NULL;
+static struct proc_dir_entry *fld_type_proc_dir;
 
 #if defined (CONFIG_PROC_FS)
 static int fld_client_proc_init(struct lu_client_fld *fld)