diff --git a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
index 1b57c72..1420a3c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 	return single_open(file, ext4_seq_##name##_show, PDE_DATA(inode)); \
 } \
 \
-const struct file_operations ext4_seq_##name##_fops = { \
+static const struct file_operations ext4_seq_##name##_fops = { \
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE, \
 	.open		= name##_open, \
 	.read		= seq_read, \