diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
index 3c7e3e5..89cce97 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_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)