diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device_queue_manager.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device_queue_manager.c
index 8c40d04932b2ba251fa409cb0a47109cabd67c13..718f50e81e28a86a8ce6aeb76f276291cae55483 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device_queue_manager.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device_queue_manager.c
@@ -789,8 +789,9 @@ static int create_queue_cpsch(struct device_queue_manager *dqm, struct queue *q,
 	return retval;
 }
 
-int fence_wait_timeout(unsigned int *fence_addr, unsigned int fence_value,
-			unsigned long timeout)
+static int fence_wait_timeout(unsigned int *fence_addr,
+				unsigned int fence_value,
+				unsigned long timeout)
 {
 	BUG_ON(!fence_addr);
 	timeout += jiffies;