diff --git a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
index 62b38a4..191383d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@
 	spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
 }
 
-void nv_update_pause(struct net_device *dev, u32 pause_flags)
+static void nv_update_pause(struct net_device *dev, u32 pause_flags)
 {
 	struct fe_priv *np = netdev_priv(dev);
 	u8 __iomem *base = get_hwbase(dev);