diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c
index 3294cc8dc073..c7fdb12c3310 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ struct apei_res {
 };
 
 /* Collect all resources requested, to avoid conflict */
-struct apei_resources apei_resources_all = {
+static struct apei_resources apei_resources_all = {
 	.iomem = LIST_HEAD_INIT(apei_resources_all.iomem),
 	.ioport = LIST_HEAD_INIT(apei_resources_all.ioport),
 };