1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 8fb01c32aa3b..e2129e83fd75 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ static int acquire_console_semaphore_for_printk(unsigned int cpu)
         return retval;
 }
 
-const char printk_recursion_bug_msg [] =
+static const char printk_recursion_bug_msg [] =
                         KERN_CRIT "BUG: recent printk recursion!\n";
 static int printk_recursion_bug;