diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/mm.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/mm.h
index 3f60d6cc5368..2d08510c6cc1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/mm.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/mm.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 extern struct kvm_pgtable pkvm_pgtable;
 extern hyp_spinlock_t pkvm_pgd_lock;
-extern u64 __io_map_base;
 
 int hyp_create_idmap(u32 hyp_va_bits);
 int hyp_map_vectors(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mm.c
index 9e0ff5a700dd..526a7d6fa86f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mm.c
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@
 
 struct kvm_pgtable pkvm_pgtable;
 hyp_spinlock_t pkvm_pgd_lock;
-u64 __io_map_base;
 
 struct memblock_region hyp_memory[HYP_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS];
 unsigned int hyp_memblock_nr;
 
+static u64 __io_map_base;
+
 static int __pkvm_create_mappings(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
 				  unsigned long phys, enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot)
 {