diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index c68fe495d3f9..fc68dd4aec8f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ static void vmxnet3_rq_destroy(struct vmxnet3_rx_queue *rq,
 	}
 }
 
-void
+static void
 vmxnet3_rq_destroy_all_rxdataring(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	int i;