diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon.c
index 5c6d63cfc394..18d6f761f4d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon.c
@@ -2614,7 +2614,7 @@ void falcon_start_nic_stats(struct efx_nic *efx)
 /* We don't acutally pull stats on falcon. Wait 10ms so that
  * they arrive when we call this just after start_stats
  */
-void falcon_pull_nic_stats(struct efx_nic *efx)
+static void falcon_pull_nic_stats(struct efx_nic *efx)
 {
 	msleep(10);
 }