diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
index a6f552186fe..7599e85de2d 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
 #ifdef LAYOUT_ANIMATION_VERBOSE_LOGGING
-std::string GetMutationInstructionString(ShadowViewMutation const &mutation) {
+static std::string GetMutationInstructionString(
+    ShadowViewMutation const &mutation) {
   bool mutationIsRemove = mutation.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Remove;
   bool mutationIsInsert = mutation.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Insert;
   bool mutationIsDelete = mutation.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Delete;