diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-generic/probe.c b/arch/x86/mach-generic/probe.c
index 74f3da634423..4121d1551800 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-generic/probe.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-generic/probe.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ extern struct genapic apic_default;
 
 struct genapic *genapic = &apic_default;
 
-struct genapic *apic_probe[] __initdata = { 
+static struct genapic *apic_probe[] __initdata = {
 	&apic_summit,
 	&apic_bigsmp, 
 	&apic_es7000,