diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lexer.l b/scripts/kconfig/lexer.l
index 4b7339ff4c8b58881e8ce8d35f1292958553681b..240109f965aeb72362226845a4364294924c607a 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lexer.l
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lexer.l
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct buffer {
 	YY_BUFFER_STATE state;
 };
 
-struct buffer *current_buf;
+static struct buffer *current_buf;
 
 static int last_ts, first_ts;
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index 9363e37b88709b563fae7a422c011a31264ccb94..ffa3ec65cc907ac1f72a66755ae39aabc09d6e6c 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -15,15 +15,21 @@ struct symbol symbol_yes = {
 	.name = "y",
 	.curr = { "y", yes },
 	.flags = SYMBOL_CONST|SYMBOL_VALID,
-}, symbol_mod = {
+};
+
+struct symbol symbol_mod = {
 	.name = "m",
 	.curr = { "m", mod },
 	.flags = SYMBOL_CONST|SYMBOL_VALID,
-}, symbol_no = {
+};
+
+struct symbol symbol_no = {
 	.name = "n",
 	.curr = { "n", no },
 	.flags = SYMBOL_CONST|SYMBOL_VALID,
-}, symbol_empty = {
+};
+
+static struct symbol symbol_empty = {
 	.name = "",
 	.curr = { "", no },
 	.flags = SYMBOL_VALID,
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@ struct symbol symbol_yes = {
 
 struct symbol *sym_defconfig_list;
 struct symbol *modules_sym;
-tristate modules_val;
+static tristate modules_val;
 
 enum symbol_type sym_get_type(struct symbol *sym)
 {