diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 6b1007f9bc290..8000fff4d4444 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static char mlx5_version[] =
 	DRIVER_NAME ": Mellanox Connect-IB Infiniband driver v"
 	DRIVER_VERSION " (" DRIVER_RELDATE ")\n";
 
-struct mlx5_profile profile[] = {
+static struct mlx5_profile profile[] = {
 	[0] = {
 		.mask		= 0,
 	},