diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/alloc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/alloc.c
index e52b0bac09da118b5190e7e4b0e4bd00a9b74513..6aca004e88cd10a57f69ada3d0ccc4577cc3254d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/alloc.c
@@ -213,12 +213,6 @@ int mlx5_db_alloc_node(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_db *db, int node)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx5_db_alloc_node);
 
-int mlx5_db_alloc(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_db *db)
-{
-	return mlx5_db_alloc_node(dev, db, dev->priv.numa_node);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx5_db_alloc);
-
 void mlx5_db_free(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_db *db)
 {
 	u32 db_per_page = PAGE_SIZE / cache_line_size();
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index 74c8cfb771a266bae14f83364db957e232b77722..b064bc278f52481b492a5c3bcf54796fc990904d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -1053,9 +1053,14 @@ int mlx5_core_access_reg(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, void *data_in,
 			 int size_in, void *data_out, int size_out,
 			 u16 reg_num, int arg, int write);
 
-int mlx5_db_alloc(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_db *db);
 int mlx5_db_alloc_node(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_db *db,
 		       int node);
+
+static inline int mlx5_db_alloc(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_db *db)
+{
+	return mlx5_db_alloc_node(dev, db, dev->priv.numa_node);
+}
+
 void mlx5_db_free(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_db *db);
 
 const char *mlx5_command_str(int command);