diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index b6ac545b5a32..3b7ed5d2279c 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations ovl_special_inode_operations = {
 	.update_time	= ovl_update_time,
 };
 
-const struct address_space_operations ovl_aops = {
+static const struct address_space_operations ovl_aops = {
 	/* For O_DIRECT dentry_open() checks f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO */
 	.direct_IO		= noop_direct_IO,
 };