diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
index e83444c34cf9c064a6ec2b072f49d098283edab6..6530eff01a0b6912f6ba4cc95d537e0a46e5c280 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ extern const struct ixgbe_info ixgbe_X550EM_x_info;
 extern const struct ixgbe_info ixgbe_x550em_a_info;
 extern const struct ixgbe_info ixgbe_x550em_a_fw_info;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCB
-extern const struct dcbnl_rtnl_ops dcbnl_ops;
+extern const struct dcbnl_rtnl_ops ixgbe_dcbnl_ops;
 #endif
 
 extern char ixgbe_driver_name[];
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c
index b8fc3cfec8310b6ac1b83c97810e22b2e64316b8..78c52375acc6a5adf0c5e7570435d3af32418081 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static u8 ixgbe_dcbnl_setdcbx(struct net_device *dev, u8 mode)
 	return err ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
-const struct dcbnl_rtnl_ops dcbnl_ops = {
+const struct dcbnl_rtnl_ops ixgbe_dcbnl_ops = {
 	.ieee_getets	= ixgbe_dcbnl_ieee_getets,
 	.ieee_setets	= ixgbe_dcbnl_ieee_setets,
 	.ieee_getpfc	= ixgbe_dcbnl_ieee_getpfc,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 86135c00d4b123eba1967845bf2ee3b3dd7663ec..0b73a3607fdd61220933722b104930abcc0ed579 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -9687,7 +9687,7 @@ static int ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCB
 	if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_DCB_CAPABLE)
-		netdev->dcbnl_ops = &dcbnl_ops;
+		netdev->dcbnl_ops = &ixgbe_dcbnl_ops;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef IXGBE_FCOE