diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 5394a84865587..350c6297fe5df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -697,7 +697,6 @@ static int mlx5_dev_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	debugfs_remove(priv->dbg_root);
 	return err;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(mlx5_dev_init);
 
 static void mlx5_dev_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {