diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
index 3c7e3e581835f5e0682fe58890304743d1dcb8dd..89cce97d46c606301135d6b4f3fb994a4744b684 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ struct mlx5_flow_namespace *mlx5_get_flow_namespace(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
 {
 	struct mlx5_flow_root_namespace *root_ns = dev->priv.root_ns;
 	int prio;
-	static struct fs_prio *fs_prio;
+	struct fs_prio *fs_prio;
 	struct mlx5_flow_namespace *ns;
 
 	if (!root_ns)