diff --git a/vmbase/src/heap.rs b/vmbase/src/heap.rs
index a28a02c..08240b9 100644
--- a/vmbase/src/heap.rs
+++ b/vmbase/src/heap.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 /// # Safety
 ///
 /// Must be called no more than once.
-pub unsafe fn init() {
+pub(crate) unsafe fn init() {
     // SAFETY: Nothing else accesses this memory, and we hand it over to the heap to manage and
     // never touch it again. The heap is locked, so there cannot be any races.
     let (start, size) = unsafe { (HEAP.as_mut_ptr() as usize, HEAP.len()) };