diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 9dcc9158c8e2..1b6aa514848f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ghes_ioremap_lock_irq);
 static struct gen_pool *ghes_estatus_pool;
 static unsigned long ghes_estatus_pool_size_request;
 
-struct ghes_estatus_cache *ghes_estatus_caches[GHES_ESTATUS_CACHES_SIZE];
+static struct ghes_estatus_cache *ghes_estatus_caches[GHES_ESTATUS_CACHES_SIZE];
 static atomic_t ghes_estatus_cache_alloced;
 
 static int ghes_ioremap_init(void)