diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c
index 7de0edc0ff8c..aea930101dd2 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 #include "hci_uart.h"
 
-struct serdev_device_ops hci_serdev_client_ops;
+static struct serdev_device_ops hci_serdev_client_ops;
 
 static inline void hci_uart_tx_complete(struct hci_uart *hu, int pkt_type)
 {
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static int hci_uart_receive_buf(struct serdev_device *serdev, const u8 *data,
 	return count;
 }
 
-struct serdev_device_ops hci_serdev_client_ops = {
+static struct serdev_device_ops hci_serdev_client_ops = {
 	.receive_buf = hci_uart_receive_buf,
 	.write_wakeup = hci_uart_write_wakeup,
 };