diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index 1834efa64c1d9da642bb7558519c86c5d1a85d7d..e77c4159713f6bc3ce9fcd9dd47749fdddd4f040 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -1057,7 +1057,6 @@ int mlx5e_safe_switch_params(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 			     mlx5e_fp_preactivate preactivate,
 			     void *context, bool reset);
 int mlx5e_update_tx_netdev_queues(struct mlx5e_priv *priv);
-int mlx5e_num_channels_changed(struct mlx5e_priv *priv);
 int mlx5e_num_channels_changed_ctx(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, void *context);
 void mlx5e_activate_priv_channels(struct mlx5e_priv *priv);
 void mlx5e_deactivate_priv_channels(struct mlx5e_priv *priv);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 65571593ec5c1996bcf0f655ed45e6cf4bb94962..496977e7406e2319c3f1c8b0bcfd8a245f25de0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -2598,7 +2598,7 @@ static void mlx5e_set_default_xps_cpumasks(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	}
 }
 
-int mlx5e_num_channels_changed(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
+static int mlx5e_num_channels_changed(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 {
 	u16 count = priv->channels.params.num_channels;
 	int err;