diff --git a/gio/ChangeLog b/gio/ChangeLog
index 6b3c25c3e..b184e1ecc 100644
--- a/gio/ChangeLog
+++ b/gio/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-11-28  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* inotify/inotify-helper.c: Don't export the lock from libgio.
+
 2007-11-28  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am:
diff --git a/gio/inotify/inotify-helper.c b/gio/inotify/inotify-helper.c
index 727337742..135cedf15 100644
--- a/gio/inotify/inotify-helper.c
+++ b/gio/inotify/inotify-helper.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static void ih_not_missing_callback (inotify_sub *sub);
  *
  * We take the lock in all public functions
  */
-G_LOCK_DEFINE (inotify_lock);
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL G_LOCK_DEFINE (inotify_lock);
 
 static GFileMonitorEvent ih_mask_to_EventFlags (guint32 mask);