diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 8508a6dee9..8843bb27e0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -4589,6 +4589,7 @@ qemuProcessStartValidateIOThreads(virDomainObjPtr vm,
 }
 
 
+static int
 qemuProcessStartValidateShmem(virDomainObjPtr vm)
 {
     size_t i;