diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index 28575ed4652ec67302296806fc50346598e46560..69a396d47eb8e69f940b64759333891b124adcd7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -523,16 +523,6 @@ static inline void wake_q(struct net_device *netdev, int q)
 	netif_wake_subqueue(netdev, q);
 }
 
-/**
- * \brief Stop a queue
- * @param netdev network device
- * @param q which queue to stop
- */
-static inline void stop_q(struct net_device *netdev, int q)
-{
-	netif_stop_subqueue(netdev, q);
-}
-
 /**
  * \brief Check Tx queue status, and take appropriate action
  * @param lio per-network private data
@@ -2750,7 +2740,7 @@ static int liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	netif_info(lio, tx_queued, lio->netdev, "Transmit queued successfully\n");
 
 	if (status == IQ_SEND_STOP)
-		stop_q(netdev, q_idx);
+		netif_stop_subqueue(netdev, q_idx);
 
 	netif_trans_update(netdev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index f46289de13223b3d6e946e12c2fa2256adae5ec2..3120aed30c611622eda149f6c89005cf11ffd9d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -294,16 +294,6 @@ static void wake_q(struct net_device *netdev, int q)
 	netif_wake_subqueue(netdev, q);
 }
 
-/**
- * \brief Stop a queue
- * @param netdev network device
- * @param q which queue to stop
- */
-static void stop_q(struct net_device *netdev, int q)
-{
-	netif_stop_subqueue(netdev, q);
-}
-
 /**
  * Remove the node at the head of the list. The list would be empty at
  * the end of this call if there are no more nodes in the list.
@@ -1803,7 +1793,7 @@ static int liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	if (status == IQ_SEND_STOP) {
 		dev_err(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "Rcvd IQ_SEND_STOP signal; stopping IQ-%d\n",
 			iq_no);
-		stop_q(netdev, q_idx);
+		netif_stop_subqueue(netdev, q_idx);
 	}
 
 	netif_trans_update(netdev);