diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
index 9b8fed7b405b141ac234821b1a0ddfc0b7347326..c99ee7530aa265abb8995179a676a641a37a1089 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ int reg_ft1000_netdev(struct ft1000_usb *ft1000dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ft1000_reset(void *dev)
+static int ft1000_reset(void *dev)
 {
 	ft1000_reset_card(dev);
 	return 0;