diff --git a/stepmania/src/Actor.cpp b/stepmania/src/Actor.cpp
index 3d8f35a417..29d9719acf 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Actor.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Actor.cpp
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ void Actor::Fade( float fSleepSeconds, CString sFadeString, float fFadeSeconds,
 	}
 }
 
-CString GetParam( const CStringArray& sParams, int iIndex, int& iMaxIndexAccessed )
+static CString GetParam( const CStringArray& sParams, int iIndex, int& iMaxIndexAccessed )
 {
 	iMaxIndexAccessed = max( iIndex, iMaxIndexAccessed );
 	if( iIndex < int(sParams.size()) )