diff --git a/sys/dev/vxge/vxgehal/vxgehal-ring.c b/sys/dev/vxge/vxgehal/vxgehal-ring.c
index 1cefb3d000e9..1570dea17815 100644
--- a/sys/dev/vxge/vxgehal/vxgehal-ring.c
+++ b/sys/dev/vxge/vxgehal/vxgehal-ring.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ __hal_ring_block_memblock_idx_set(
 	    VXGE_HAL_RING_MEMBLOCK_IDX_OFFSET))) = memblock_idx;
 }
 
+#if 0
 /*
  * __hal_ring_block_next_pointer - Returns the dma address of next block
  * @block: RxD block
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ __hal_ring_block_next_pointer(
 	return (dma_addr_t)*((u64 *) ((void *)((u8 *) block +
 	    VXGE_HAL_RING_NEXT_BLOCK_POINTER_OFFSET)));
 }
+#endif
 
 /*
  * __hal_ring_block_next_pointer_set - Sets the next block pointer in RxD block