diff --git a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
index 62b38a4494b8c3660fecd27b34d216fbf946c571..191383d461d79a7920bfb18e24a0d38625d4ed50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@ static void nv_set_multicast(struct net_device *dev)
 	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);