diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index 48e0b2a747d93b537d0668e17a1f043f742bd971..294bc9f175a543a8bc6af847828d4d6fe396b8f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -1062,7 +1062,6 @@ void mlx5e_cleanup_nic_tx(struct mlx5e_priv *priv);
 int mlx5e_close(struct net_device *netdev);
 int mlx5e_open(struct net_device *netdev);
 void mlx5e_update_stats_work(struct work_struct *work);
-u32 mlx5e_choose_lro_timeout(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u32 wanted_timeout);
 
 int mlx5e_bits_invert(unsigned long a, int size);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index f8bc3bcdf0460876ef7f853e62a043eff6dc5548..eb38a35564c78142da61c7073190d2e92dc661d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -3967,7 +3967,7 @@ void mlx5e_set_rx_cq_mode_params(struct mlx5e_params *params, u8 cq_period_mode)
 				MLX5_CQ_PERIOD_MODE_START_FROM_CQE);
 }
 
-u32 mlx5e_choose_lro_timeout(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u32 wanted_timeout)
+static u32 mlx5e_choose_lro_timeout(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u32 wanted_timeout)
 {
 	int i;