diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c
index 4b5d98f60d325f79e1c50150f4d3e268cdbc1f67..46d0f2eaa0c094c19ae47161f84320caeba2c567 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ static int qede_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int qede_setup_tc(struct net_device *ndev, u8 num_tc)
+static int qede_setup_tc(struct net_device *ndev, u8 num_tc)
 {
 	struct qede_dev *edev = netdev_priv(ndev);
 	int cos, count, offset;