1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 76eef19cf995..4e91f3110938 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ static void	call_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task);
 static __be32 * call_header(struct rpc_task *task);
 static __be32 * call_verify(struct rpc_task *task);
 
+static int      rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, int flags);
+
 static void rpc_register_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 {
         spin_lock(&rpc_client_lock);
@@ -1441,7 +1443,7 @@ static struct rpc_procinfo rpcproc_null = {
         .p_decode = rpcproc_decode_null,
 };
 
-int rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, int flags)
+static int rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, int flags)
 {
         struct rpc_message msg = {
                 .rpc_proc = &rpcproc_null,