diff --git a/py/objint.c b/py/objint.c
index fdcc438..2aaf267 100644
--- a/py/objint.c
+++ b/py/objint.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 // This dispatcher function is expected to be independent of the implementation
 // of long int
-static mp_obj_t int_make_new(mp_obj_t type_in, uint n_args, uint n_kw, const mp_obj_t *args) {
+STATIC mp_obj_t int_make_new(mp_obj_t type_in, uint n_args, uint n_kw, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     // TODO check n_kw == 0
 
     switch (n_args) {