diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index a474a46f1e4a4584627e012fe55034f5db5776b2..58b5c75fd2ee16e9f9ab3b2854367ac7280af2ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ static int liquidio_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 			return -1;
 	}
 
-	txqs_start(netdev);
+	start_txqs(netdev);
 
 	/* tell Octeon to start forwarding packets to host */
 	send_rx_ctrl_cmd(lio, 1);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index 4d7a0ae418c6a0f8d245537cf2493b40b19b9593..d5f5c9a693eeacc8c9b5fbaeec1adebeeb7978a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ static int liquidio_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 	lio->intf_open = 1;
 
 	netif_info(lio, ifup, lio->netdev, "Interface Open, ready for traffic\n");
-	txqs_start(netdev);
+	start_txqs(netdev);
 
 	/* tell Octeon to start forwarding packets to host */
 	send_rx_ctrl_cmd(lio, 1);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
index 1b4c85ae98c3e7e8bf63f09bf824fb247220a87c..8782206271b631c04398b492ce289e77a8856822 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static inline void wake_txqs(struct net_device *netdev)
  * \brief Start Tx queues
  * @param netdev network device
  */
-static inline void txqs_start(struct net_device *netdev)
+static inline void start_txqs(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct lio *lio = GET_LIO(netdev);
 	int i;