diff --git a/fs/orangefs/file.c b/fs/orangefs/file.c
index 26358efbf794..84f44365bfb3 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/file.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/file.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static int orangefs_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	return filemap_fault(vmf);
 }
 
-const struct vm_operations_struct orangefs_file_vm_ops = {
+static const struct vm_operations_struct orangefs_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault = orangefs_fault,
 	.map_pages = filemap_map_pages,
 	.page_mkwrite = filemap_page_mkwrite,