diff --git a/bl1/bl1_main.c b/bl1/bl1_main.c
index b2e7c28c2c6b13ca10d2a5a45022e2c612d6b274..c3332853b4f5742aabe084d6e16a92334da36a23 100644
--- a/bl1/bl1_main.c
+++ b/bl1/bl1_main.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void bl1_main(void)
  * TODO: Add support for alternative image load mechanism e.g using virtio/elf
  * loader etc.
  ******************************************************************************/
-void bl1_load_bl2(void)
+static void bl1_load_bl2(void)
 {
 	image_desc_t *image_desc;
 	image_info_t *image_info;