diff --git a/hif/src/pcie/if_pci.c b/hif/src/pcie/if_pci.c
index 649af77b41c9..35e6c869a36b 100644
--- a/hif/src/pcie/if_pci.c
+++ b/hif/src/pcie/if_pci.c
@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@ void hif_pci_route_adrastea_interrupt(struct hif_pci_softc *sc)
 #endif
 
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_PLD_PCIE_INIT
 #ifdef QCA_WIFI_NAPIER_EMULATION
-void __iomem *napier_emu_ioremap(struct pci_dev *dev,
+static void __iomem *napier_emu_ioremap(struct pci_dev *dev,
 		int bar, unsigned long maxlen)
 {
 	resource_size_t start = pci_resource_start(dev, bar);
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ void __iomem *napier_emu_ioremap(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	return NULL;
 }
 #endif
+#endif
 
 
 /**