diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/paravirt.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/paravirt.c
index 8e114f5930ce..15c5d4048db5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/paravirt.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/paravirt.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static int __init parse_no_stealacc(char *arg)
 
 early_param("no-steal-acc", parse_no_stealacc);
 
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sbi_sta_struct, steal_time) __aligned(64);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sbi_sta_struct, steal_time) __aligned(64);
 
 static bool __init has_pv_steal_clock(void)
 {