diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.c
index e9162e1f0c7fc1e7edd6259e86d504874e0b8eb0..ffe7a16bdfc840d859292f6939938b75fba15a41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.c
@@ -121,27 +121,3 @@ qcaspi_write_register(struct qcaspi *qca, u16 reg, u16 value)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-
-int
-qcaspi_tx_cmd(struct qcaspi *qca, u16 cmd)
-{
-	__be16 tx_data;
-	struct spi_message *msg = &qca->spi_msg1;
-	struct spi_transfer *transfer = &qca->spi_xfer1;
-	int ret;
-
-	tx_data = cpu_to_be16(cmd);
-	transfer->len = sizeof(tx_data);
-	transfer->tx_buf = &tx_data;
-	transfer->rx_buf = NULL;
-
-	ret = spi_sync(qca->spi_dev, msg);
-
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = msg->status;
-
-	if (ret)
-		qcaspi_spi_error(qca);
-
-	return ret;
-}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.h
index 4047f0aeb47a27510f76e0306466464dabfd6920..27124c2bb77acad774952193e9bf6db8130382b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.h
@@ -67,6 +67,5 @@
 void qcaspi_spi_error(struct qcaspi *qca);
 int qcaspi_read_register(struct qcaspi *qca, u16 reg, u16 *result);
 int qcaspi_write_register(struct qcaspi *qca, u16 reg, u16 value);
-int qcaspi_tx_cmd(struct qcaspi *qca, u16 cmd);
 
 #endif /* _QCA_7K_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
index 74646286fd0f9ffeda7279f99a197a40f03f11d5..50adc4f626e3e942bb73c5370a8901288359dfd4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
@@ -191,6 +191,30 @@ qcaspi_read_legacy(struct qcaspi *qca, u8 *dst, u32 len)
 	return len;
 }
 
+static int
+qcaspi_tx_cmd(struct qcaspi *qca, u16 cmd)
+{
+	__be16 tx_data;
+	struct spi_message *msg = &qca->spi_msg1;
+	struct spi_transfer *transfer = &qca->spi_xfer1;
+	int ret;
+
+	tx_data = cpu_to_be16(cmd);
+	transfer->len = sizeof(tx_data);
+	transfer->tx_buf = &tx_data;
+	transfer->rx_buf = NULL;
+
+	ret = spi_sync(qca->spi_dev, msg);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = msg->status;
+
+	if (ret)
+		qcaspi_spi_error(qca);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int
 qcaspi_tx_frame(struct qcaspi *qca, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {