diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index abfbe8ca3323..4fc590a1257d 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2376,7 +2376,7 @@ struct node_hstate {
 	struct kobject		*hugepages_kobj;
 	struct kobject		*hstate_kobjs[HUGE_MAX_HSTATE];
 };
-struct node_hstate node_hstates[MAX_NUMNODES];
+static struct node_hstate node_hstates[MAX_NUMNODES];
 
 /*
  * A subset of global hstate attributes for node devices