diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index 3882fbc5e21554..b8eeaf15b034dd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static inline loff_t ext4_get_htree_eof(struct file *filp)
  *
  * For non-htree, ext4_llseek already chooses the proper max offset.
  */
-loff_t ext4_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
+static loff_t ext4_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	int dx_dir = is_dx_dir(inode);