diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_ctlr.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_ctlr.c
index 35b1fb73bd6b..9e83a790aa6b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_ctlr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_ctlr.c
@@ -2828,8 +2828,8 @@ static void fcoe_ctlr_vn_timeout(struct fcoe_ctlr *fip)
  * disabled, so that should ensure that this routine is only called
  * when nothing is happening.
  */
-void fcoe_ctlr_mode_set(struct fc_lport *lport, struct fcoe_ctlr *fip,
-			enum fip_state fip_mode)
+static void fcoe_ctlr_mode_set(struct fc_lport *lport, struct fcoe_ctlr *fip,
+			       enum fip_state fip_mode)
 {
 	void *priv;