1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_globals.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_globals.c
index 9febf9dc999d..ef90e64641e6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_globals.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_globals.c
@@ -47,5 +47,6 @@ xfs_param_t xfs_params = {
 /*
  * Global system credential structure.
  */
-cred_t sys_cred_val, *sys_cred = &sys_cred_val;
+static cred_t sys_cred_val;
+cred_t *sys_cred = &sys_cred_val;