diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
index 295e4f484..1c57c9e85 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ GetRoleSpecObjectForGrantStmt(Oid roleOid)
 /*
  * SetLocalEnableDependencyCreation sets the enable_object_propagation locally
  */
-void
+static void
 SetLocalEnableDependencyCreation(bool state)
 {
 	set_config_option("citus.enable_object_propagation", state == true ? "on" : "off",