diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index 75131dcac221ed539612388c32f8491eea844f45..d0359f5e9154f7f92ca5e7a9ad1629f5d8475148 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ static inline void update_link_status(struct net_device *netdev,
 		if (lio->linfo.link.s.link_up) {
 			dev_dbg(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "%s: link_up", __func__);
 			netif_carrier_on(netdev);
-			txqs_wake(netdev);
+			wake_txqs(netdev);
 		} else {
 			dev_dbg(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "%s: link_off", __func__);
 			netif_carrier_off(netdev);
@@ -2768,7 +2768,7 @@ static void liquidio_tx_timeout(struct net_device *netdev)
 		   "Transmit timeout tx_dropped:%ld, waking up queues now!!\n",
 		   netdev->stats.tx_dropped);
 	netif_trans_update(netdev);
-	txqs_wake(netdev);
+	wake_txqs(netdev);
 }
 
 static int liquidio_vlan_rx_add_vid(struct net_device *netdev,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index 478c20a7e5cf5086409c7c575074b6fc52b30323..288096b39f467c394f911c69db2cd3737b0b80ba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static void update_link_status(struct net_device *netdev,
 
 		if (lio->linfo.link.s.link_up) {
 			netif_carrier_on(netdev);
-			txqs_wake(netdev);
+			wake_txqs(netdev);
 		} else {
 			netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 			txqs_stop(netdev);
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ static void liquidio_tx_timeout(struct net_device *netdev)
 		   "Transmit timeout tx_dropped:%ld, waking up queues now!!\n",
 		   netdev->stats.tx_dropped);
 	netif_trans_update(netdev);
-	txqs_wake(netdev);
+	wake_txqs(netdev);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
index 7922a698f8b39c080430a5090c2afc3650a5d34d..3cbc65ae2acb97fecc962f05424a2236a5c881da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static inline void txqs_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
  * \brief Wake Tx queues
  * @param netdev network device
  */
-static inline void txqs_wake(struct net_device *netdev)
+static inline void wake_txqs(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct lio *lio = GET_LIO(netdev);
 	int i, qno;