diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c
index 6ba5b024a7be7..f1d610efd69ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_main.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static int ax88796c_hard_xmit(struct ax88796c_device *ax_local)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int
+static netdev_tx_t
 ax88796c_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	struct ax88796c_device *ax_local = to_ax88796c_device(ndev);