diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_minidump.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_minidump.c
index 0844b7c757670..afa10a163da1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_minidump.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_minidump.c
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ int qlcnic_fw_cmd_get_minidump_temp(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 int qlcnic_dump_fw(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct qlcnic_fw_dump *fw_dump = &adapter->ahw->fw_dump;
-	static const struct qlcnic_dump_operations *fw_dump_ops;
+	const struct qlcnic_dump_operations *fw_dump_ops;
 	struct qlcnic_83xx_dump_template_hdr *hdr_83xx;
 	u32 entry_offset, dump, no_entries, buf_offset = 0;
 	int i, k, ops_cnt, ops_index, dump_size = 0;