diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-eq.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-eq.c
index 126984464d90..d25dcd8ba563 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-eq.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-eq.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ lnet_eq_enqueue_event(lnet_eq_t *eq, lnet_event_t *ev)
 	lnet_eq_wait_unlock();
 }
 
-int
+static int
 lnet_eq_dequeue_event(lnet_eq_t *eq, lnet_event_t *ev)
 {
 	int		new_index = eq->eq_deq_seq & (eq->eq_size - 1);