diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/rt5659.c b/sound/soc/codecs/rt5659.c
index a57f67bd4a0c..3421d09d17bc 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/rt5659.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/rt5659.c
@@ -4230,7 +4230,7 @@ static struct acpi_device_id rt5659_acpi_match[] = {
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, rt5659_acpi_match);
 #endif
 
-struct i2c_driver rt5659_i2c_driver = {
+static struct i2c_driver rt5659_i2c_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "rt5659",
 		.owner = THIS_MODULE,