diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 3d739e5d15d8..721bafd95a0f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2100,7 +2100,7 @@ static void xs_tcp_print_stats(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct seq_file *seq)
  * we allocate pages instead doing a kmalloc like rpc_malloc is because we want
  * to use the server side send routines.
  */
-void *bc_malloc(struct rpc_task *task, size_t size)
+static void *bc_malloc(struct rpc_task *task, size_t size)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	struct rpc_buffer *buf;
@@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@ void *bc_malloc(struct rpc_task *task, size_t size)
 /*
  * Free the space allocated in the bc_alloc routine
  */
-void bc_free(void *buffer)
+static void bc_free(void *buffer)
 {
 	struct rpc_buffer *buf;