diff --git a/lib/lzo/lzo1x_compress.c b/lib/lzo/lzo1x_compress.c
index 8ad5ba2b86e2..76758e9296ba 100644
--- a/lib/lzo/lzo1x_compress.c
+++ b/lib/lzo/lzo1x_compress.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ lzo1x_1_do_compress(const unsigned char *in, size_t in_len,
 	return in_end - (ii - ti);
 }
 
-int lzogeneric1x_1_compress(const unsigned char *in, size_t in_len,
+static int lzogeneric1x_1_compress(const unsigned char *in, size_t in_len,
 		     unsigned char *out, size_t *out_len,
 		     void *wrkmem, const unsigned char bitstream_version)
 {