diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
index c2462d37f1b3c..f1329f83f9889 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ static void mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u64 vec, bool force
 	}
 }
 
-void mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
+static void mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct mlx5_cmd *cmd = &dev->cmd;
 	unsigned long bitmask;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
index 6f8baa0f2a735..3b231e90111d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ int mlx5_destroy_scheduling_element_cmd(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u8 hierarchy,
 					u32 element_id);
 int mlx5_wait_for_pages(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int *pages);
 
-void mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_cmd_flush(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_cq_debugfs_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_cq_debugfs_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);