diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_ctx.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_ctx.c
index 9facf45818f9fde1839ffed676588a3cdd4f7297..5f43db02b240467f9de653488c8dfcefd9a96167 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_ctx.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_ctx.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "amdxdna_mailbox.h"
 #include "amdxdna_pci_drv.h"
 
-bool force_cmdlist;
+static bool force_cmdlist;
 module_param(force_cmdlist, bool, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_cmdlist, "Force use command list (Default false)");