diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 48a43727d12f80db2a52b838322534855fb53ae5..e4115672b6cfb1094de109c3fd56db796fc3741b 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ static inline int __splice_segment(struct page *page, unsigned int poff,
  * Map linear and fragment data from the skb to spd. It reports failure if the
  * pipe is full or if we already spliced the requested length.
  */
-int __skb_splice_bits(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int *offset,
+static int __skb_splice_bits(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int *offset,
 		      unsigned int *len,
 		      struct splice_pipe_desc *spd)
 {