diff --git a/hw/scsi-bus.c b/hw/scsi-bus.c
index 8ab9bcda86..f10f3ec25c 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-bus.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-bus.c
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ static int get_scsi_requests(QEMUFile *f, void *pv, size_t size)
     return 0;
 }
 
-const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_scsi_requests = {
+static const VMStateInfo vmstate_info_scsi_requests = {
     .name = "scsi-requests",
     .get  = get_scsi_requests,
     .put  = put_scsi_requests,