diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 8c87940a9ce86341eacda17d1a3ad94106e32921..7c5b05a82f0e7c9a27b77a9f3d943fcf3baf2931 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ e1000_reset(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 /**
  *  Dump the eeprom for users having checksum issues
  **/
-void e1000_dump_eeprom(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
+static void e1000_dump_eeprom(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
 	struct ethtool_eeprom eeprom;