diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 74d6a035133a..31cf0ce12a65 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ static bool dry_run;
  * perf_evlist__prepare_workload, etc instead of fork+exec'in 'perf record',
  * using pipes, etc.
  */
-struct option __record_options[] = {
+static struct option __record_options[] = {
 	OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", &record.evlist, "event",
 		     "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
 		     parse_events_option),