diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/alloc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/alloc.c
index 549f962cd86e..42198e64a7f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/alloc.c
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ static void *mlx5_dma_zalloc_coherent_node(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
 	return cpu_handle;
 }
 
-int mlx5_buf_alloc_node(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int size,
-			struct mlx5_frag_buf *buf, int node)
+static int mlx5_buf_alloc_node(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int size,
+			       struct mlx5_frag_buf *buf, int node)
 {
 	dma_addr_t t;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index 27200dea0297..59cff380f41a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -928,8 +928,6 @@ void mlx5_start_health_poll(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_stop_health_poll(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, bool disable_health);
 void mlx5_drain_health_wq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_trigger_health_work(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
-int mlx5_buf_alloc_node(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int size,
-			struct mlx5_frag_buf *buf, int node);
 int mlx5_buf_alloc(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
 		   int size, struct mlx5_frag_buf *buf);
 void mlx5_buf_free(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_frag_buf *buf);