diff --git a/reactos/drivers/filesystems/ntfs/close.c b/reactos/drivers/filesystems/ntfs/close.c
index a51329b1e53..6213455f9be 100644
--- a/reactos/drivers/filesystems/ntfs/close.c
+++ b/reactos/drivers/filesystems/ntfs/close.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 /*
  * FUNCTION: Closes a file
  */
-static
 NTSTATUS
 NtfsCloseFile(PDEVICE_EXTENSION DeviceExt,
               PFILE_OBJECT FileObject)