diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index f567032a09c0..a2e9ac763a9f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void machine_kexec_cleanup(struct kimage *image)
 {
 }
 
-void machine_crash_nonpanic_core(void *unused)
+static void machine_crash_nonpanic_core(void *unused)
 {
 	struct pt_regs regs;