diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d1756f0e7d..3089695bfc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-08-20  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* modules/controller_linux_input.c: declare local function as static.
+
 2004-08-19  Michael Schumacher <schumaml@cvs.gnome.org>
 
 	* plug-ins/common/guillotine.c: modified the coordinate insertion
diff --git a/modules/controller_linux_input.c b/modules/controller_linux_input.c
index 65a95ab240..4a011e08da 100644
--- a/modules/controller_linux_input.c
+++ b/modules/controller_linux_input.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ linux_input_set_device (ControllerLinuxInput *controller,
   return FALSE;
 }
 
-gboolean
+static gboolean
 linux_input_read_event (GIOChannel   *io,
                         GIOCondition  cond,
                         gpointer      data)