diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index 1f3d87e28618..c30cf6b4736f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static int mlx5e_get_sset_count(struct net_device *dev, int sset)
 	return mlx5e_ethtool_get_sset_count(priv, sset);
 }
 
-static void mlx5e_fill_stats_strings(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, uint8_t *data)
+static void mlx5e_fill_stats_strings(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, u8 *data)
 {
 	int i, j, tc, prio, idx = 0;
 	unsigned long pfc_combined;
@@ -308,8 +308,7 @@ static void mlx5e_fill_stats_strings(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, uint8_t *data)
 					priv->channel_tc2txq[i][tc]);
 }
 
-void mlx5e_ethtool_get_strings(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
-			       uint32_t stringset, uint8_t *data)
+void mlx5e_ethtool_get_strings(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, u32 stringset, u8 *data)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -331,8 +330,7 @@ void mlx5e_ethtool_get_strings(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	}
 }
 
-static void mlx5e_get_strings(struct net_device *dev,
-			      uint32_t stringset, uint8_t *data)
+static void mlx5e_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, u32 stringset, u8 *data)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ethtool.c
index dd49a59854e5..43c126c63955 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ethtool.c
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ static void mlx5i_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 		sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
 }
 
-static void mlx5i_get_strings(struct net_device *dev,
-			      uint32_t stringset, uint8_t *data)
+static void mlx5i_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, u32 stringset, u8 *data)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv  = mlx5i_epriv(dev);