diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/brw_test.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/brw_test.c
index d7b26b0a57e2..463da076fa70 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/brw_test.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/brw_test.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ brw_bulk_ready(srpc_server_rpc_t *rpc, int status)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int
+static int
 brw_server_handle(struct srpc_server_rpc *rpc)
 {
 	struct srpc_service	*sv = rpc->srpc_scd->scd_svc;