diff --git a/include/verilated_profiler.cpp b/include/verilated_profiler.cpp
index 1a5f16a36..ed25093d1 100644
--- a/include/verilated_profiler.cpp
+++ b/include/verilated_profiler.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ uint16_t VlExecutionRecord::getcpu() {
 //=============================================================================
 // VlExecutionProfiler implementation
 
-template <size_t N> size_t roundUptoMultipleOf(size_t value) {
+template <size_t N> static size_t roundUptoMultipleOf(size_t value) {
     static_assert((N & (N - 1)) == 0, "'N' must be a power of 2");
     size_t mask = N - 1;
     return (value + mask) & ~mask;