diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 31a688650601..67af9228c4e9 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ do {						\
 #define DEFINE_LSM_STATIC_CALL(NUM, NAME, RET, ...)			\
 	DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_NULL(LSM_STATIC_CALL(NAME, NUM),		\
 				*((RET(*)(__VA_ARGS__))NULL));		\
-	DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(SECURITY_HOOK_ACTIVE_KEY(NAME, NUM));
+	static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(SECURITY_HOOK_ACTIVE_KEY(NAME, NUM));
 
 #define LSM_HOOK(RET, DEFAULT, NAME, ...)				\
 	LSM_DEFINE_UNROLL(DEFINE_LSM_STATIC_CALL, NAME, RET, __VA_ARGS__)