diff --git a/fs/ext3/dir.c b/fs/ext3/dir.c
index e66e4808719f..17742eed2c16 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static inline loff_t ext3_get_htree_eof(struct file *filp)
  * NOTE: offsets obtained *before* ext3_set_inode_flag(dir, EXT3_INODE_INDEX)
  *       will be invalid once the directory was converted into a dx directory
  */
-loff_t ext3_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
+static loff_t ext3_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	int dx_dir = is_dx_dir(inode);