diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
index 1220c575d1df9..c8b2a93ae47ad 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ using namespace llvm;
 namespace llvm {
 extern cl::opt<bool> PrintPipelinePasses;
 
-cl::opt<bool> ClRemoveTraps("clang-remove-traps", cl::Optional,
-                            cl::desc("Insert remove-traps pass."));
+static cl::opt<bool> ClRemoveTraps("clang-remove-traps", cl::Optional,
+                                   cl::desc("Insert remove-traps pass."));
 
 // Experiment to move sanitizers earlier.
 static cl::opt<bool> ClSanitizeOnOptimizerEarlyEP(