diff --git a/sys/mips/octeon1/uart_bus_octeonusart.c b/sys/mips/octeon1/uart_bus_octeonusart.c
index 63b5e9b5e291..2916aa0a24e0 100644
--- a/sys/mips/octeon1/uart_bus_octeonusart.c
+++ b/sys/mips/octeon1/uart_bus_octeonusart.c
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ static driver_t uart_octeon_driver = {
 
 extern 
 SLIST_HEAD(uart_devinfo_list, uart_devinfo) uart_sysdevs;
-	static int
-	    uart_octeon_probe(device_t dev)
+
+static int
+uart_octeon_probe(device_t dev)
 {
 	struct uart_softc *sc;
 	int unit;