diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index c0a29a85230a..3ba6dcea5993 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static void khugepaged_alloc_sleep(void)
 	remove_wait_queue(&khugepaged_wait, &wait);
 }
 
-struct collapse_control khugepaged_collapse_control = {
+static struct collapse_control khugepaged_collapse_control = {
 	.is_khugepaged = true,
 };