diff --git a/storage/connect/plugutil.cpp b/storage/connect/plugutil.cpp
index 048f00be75f..6790e7eb45c 100644
--- a/storage/connect/plugutil.cpp
+++ b/storage/connect/plugutil.cpp
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ BOOL PlugSubSet(void *memp, uint size)
 /***********************************************************************/
 /*  Use it to export a function that do throwing.                      */
 /***********************************************************************/
-void *DoThrow(int n)
+static void *DoThrow(int n)
 {
 	throw n;
 } /* end of DoThrow */