diff --git a/gst/tcp/gsttcpsrc.c b/gst/tcp/gsttcpsrc.c
index fb17fe3709..6fa7a2ce3b 100644
--- a/gst/tcp/gsttcpsrc.c
+++ b/gst/tcp/gsttcpsrc.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #define TCP_DEFAULT_PORT		4953
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-GstElementDetails gst_tcpsrc_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS (
+static GstElementDetails gst_tcpsrc_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS (
   "TCP packet receiver",
   "Source/Network",
   "Receive data over the network via TCP",