1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index f769fac4f4c0..3715feb8446d 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 int __initdata rd_doload;       /* 1 = load RAM disk, 0 = don't load */
 
 int root_mountflags = MS_RDONLY | MS_SILENT;
-char * __initdata root_device_name;
+static char * __initdata root_device_name;
 static char __initdata saved_root_name[64];
 static int __initdata root_wait;