diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 1d8b32f07139..27be2f0d4cb7 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ static struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_node(unsigned long size,
 		unsigned long align, unsigned long flags, unsigned long start,
 		unsigned long end, int node, gfp_t gfp_mask, void *caller)
 {
-	static struct vmap_area *va;
+	struct vmap_area *va;
 	struct vm_struct *area;
 
 	BUG_ON(in_interrupt());