diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
index edef02e2a471..7a232daf5c56 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -566,8 +566,7 @@ void rtw_update_scanned_network(struct adapter *adapter, struct wlan_bssid_ex *t
 	spin_unlock_bh(&queue->lock);
 }
 
-void rtw_add_network(struct adapter *adapter, struct wlan_bssid_ex *pnetwork);
-void rtw_add_network(struct adapter *adapter, struct wlan_bssid_ex *pnetwork)
+static void rtw_add_network(struct adapter *adapter, struct wlan_bssid_ex *pnetwork)
 {
 	update_current_network(adapter, pnetwork);
 	rtw_update_scanned_network(adapter, pnetwork);