diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index bdaecfdaabd4..007653680a75 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ static int shmem_xattr_security_set(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	return security_inode_setsecurity(inode, name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
-struct xattr_handler shmem_xattr_security_handler = {
+static struct xattr_handler shmem_xattr_security_handler = {
 	.prefix = XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 	.list   = shmem_xattr_security_list,
 	.get    = shmem_xattr_security_get,