diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index 4285654..8516831 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@
 						 struct mb_cache_entry **);
 static void ext3_xattr_rehash(struct ext3_xattr_header *,
 			      struct ext3_xattr_entry *);
+static int ext3_xattr_list(struct inode *inode, char *buffer,
+			   size_t buffer_size);
 
 static struct mb_cache *ext3_xattr_cache;
 
@@ -427,7 +429,7 @@
  * Returns a negative error number on failure, or the number of bytes
  * used / required on success.
  */
-int
+static int
 ext3_xattr_list(struct inode *inode, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 {
 	int i_error, b_error;