diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 29bc1df28aeb30f51c7bdd48a2e3f860148e8b97..112eaef186e19051db03498ae13325ce0d7a7caf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ static void mlx5_core_verify_params(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static int __init init(void)
+static int __init mlx5_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ static int __init init(void)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void __exit cleanup(void)
+static void __exit mlx5_cleanup(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN
 	mlx5e_cleanup();
@@ -1676,5 +1676,5 @@ static void __exit cleanup(void)
 	mlx5_unregister_debugfs();
 }
 
-module_init(init);
-module_exit(cleanup);
+module_init(mlx5_init);
+module_exit(mlx5_cleanup);