diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_meter.c b/sys/vm/vm_meter.c
index d7dac12208aa..8859c94c650a 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_meter.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_meter.c
@@ -276,9 +276,11 @@ vcnt(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
 SYSCTL_PROC(_vm, VM_TOTAL, vmtotal, CTLTYPE_OPAQUE|CTLFLAG_RD,
     0, sizeof(struct vmtotal), vmtotal, "S,vmtotal", 
     "System virtual memory statistics");
-SYSCTL_NODE(_vm, OID_AUTO, stats, CTLFLAG_RW, 0, "VM meter stats");
-SYSCTL_NODE(_vm_stats, OID_AUTO, sys, CTLFLAG_RW, 0, "VM meter sys stats");
-SYSCTL_NODE(_vm_stats, OID_AUTO, vm, CTLFLAG_RW, 0, "VM meter vm stats");
+static SYSCTL_NODE(_vm, OID_AUTO, stats, CTLFLAG_RW, 0, "VM meter stats");
+static SYSCTL_NODE(_vm_stats, OID_AUTO, sys, CTLFLAG_RW, 0,
+	"VM meter sys stats");
+static SYSCTL_NODE(_vm_stats, OID_AUTO, vm, CTLFLAG_RW, 0,
+	"VM meter vm stats");
 SYSCTL_NODE(_vm_stats, OID_AUTO, misc, CTLFLAG_RW, 0, "VM meter misc stats");
 
 SYSCTL_PROC(_vm_stats_sys, OID_AUTO, v_swtch, CTLTYPE_UINT|CTLFLAG_RD,