diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
index 65461f8..0c739a7 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@
 				       true);
 }
 
-struct kvm_io_device_ops vgic_io_ops = {
+static struct kvm_io_device_ops vgic_io_ops = {
 	.read	= vgic_handle_mmio_read,
 	.write	= vgic_handle_mmio_write,
 };