diff --git a/drivers/dca/dca-core.c b/drivers/dca/dca-core.c
index 7afbb28d6a0f..1bc5ffb338c8 100644
--- a/drivers/dca/dca-core.c
+++ b/drivers/dca/dca-core.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dca_remove_requester);
  * @dev - the device that wants dca service
  * @cpu - the cpuid as returned by get_cpu()
  */
-u8 dca_common_get_tag(struct device *dev, int cpu)
+static u8 dca_common_get_tag(struct device *dev, int cpu)
 {
 	struct dca_provider *dca;
 	u8 tag;