diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c
index 318a2e3e72ab..ae3884423d1c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static int class_del_conn(struct obd_device *obd, struct lustre_cfg *lcfg)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-LIST_HEAD(lustre_profile_list);
+static LIST_HEAD(lustre_profile_list);
 
 struct lustre_profile *class_get_profile(const char *prof)
 {