diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 5e048e030c62..c5feb7aa3acb 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ s32 timekeeping_get_tai_offset(void)
  * __timekeeping_set_tai_offset - Lock free worker function
  *
  */
-void __timekeeping_set_tai_offset(struct timekeeper *tk, s32 tai_offset)
+static void __timekeeping_set_tai_offset(struct timekeeper *tk, s32 tai_offset)
 {
 	tk->tai_offset = tai_offset;
 	tk->offs_tai = ktime_sub(tk->offs_real, ktime_set(tai_offset, 0));