diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 7d73e935dcc12ffc8c9e02f7dcedd89a097bbd5e..ff6e5c8da3c6816fd4365b1ffe75fc00959d0d42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static inline struct vcpu_svm *to_svm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return container_of(vcpu, struct vcpu_svm, vcpu);
 }
 
-unsigned long iopm_base;
+static unsigned long iopm_base;
 
 struct kvm_ldttss_desc {
 	u16 limit0;