diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index 05c8f1c10e36eae3c442a4908d906c5493570ef7..e3bbc70372d3ba73517514c1eda6a861d35d9524 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -567,7 +567,8 @@ void phylink_destroy(struct phylink *pl)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phylink_destroy);
 
-void phylink_phy_change(struct phy_device *phydev, bool up, bool do_carrier)
+static void phylink_phy_change(struct phy_device *phydev, bool up,
+			       bool do_carrier)
 {
 	struct phylink *pl = phydev->phylink;