diff --git a/valid.c b/valid.c
index ad22408..35c2acb 100644
--- a/valid.c
+++ b/valid.c
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@
  * returns the xmlElementPtr if found or NULL
  */
 
-xmlElementPtr
+static xmlElementPtr
 xmlGetDtdElementDesc2(xmlDtdPtr dtd, const xmlChar *name, int create) {
     xmlElementTablePtr table;
     xmlElementPtr cur;