diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mc13xxx.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mc13xxx.c
index 9d0c3b478d55..546f6850bffb 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mc13xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mc13xxx.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static int __exit mc13xxx_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-const struct platform_device_id mc13xxx_rtc_idtable[] = {
+static const struct platform_device_id mc13xxx_rtc_idtable[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "mc13783-rtc",
 	}, {