diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/core.c
index 31e5a2627eb8a6a2ec9aad78a6e2ab3d8aa5ab4f..9034e9960a761fa7245cbfab9dd66cf0c434a522 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/core.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int mlx5_fpga_device_load_check(struct mlx5_fpga_device *fdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int mlx5_fpga_device_brb(struct mlx5_fpga_device *fdev)
+static int mlx5_fpga_device_brb(struct mlx5_fpga_device *fdev)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = fdev->mdev;