diff --git a/net/openvswitch/Makefile b/net/openvswitch/Makefile
index 2a9f34227e..74a0ae22c1 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/Makefile
+++ b/net/openvswitch/Makefile
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ ovs_kmod_openvswitch-lisp-intree_depends:= +kmod-openvswitch-intree
 ovs_kmod_openvswitch-lisp-intree_files:= $(ovs_kmod_intree_dir)/vport-lisp.ko
 $(eval $(call OvsKmodPackageTemplate,openvswitch-lisp-intree))
 
-ovs_common_depends:= +libatomic +libunbound +libunwind
+ovs__common_depends:= +libatomic +libunbound +libunwind
 
 # Dependency review
 #
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.mk b/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.mk
index cf46f6be1d..78d35c031f 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.mk
+++ b/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ovs_builddir=$(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/openvswitch-$(ovs_version)
 
 # Shared vars, macros
 
-ovs_common_depends:=
+ovs__common_depends:=
 ovs_packages:=
 
 ovs_package_name=$(if $(filter openvswitch,$(1)),openvswitch,openvswitch-$(1))
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ define OvsPackageTemplate
      URL:=https://www.openvswitch.org
      TITLE:=$(ovs_$(1)_title)
      HIDDEN:=$(ovs_$(1)_hidden)
-     DEPENDS:=$(ovs_$(1)_depends) $(ovs_common_depends)
+     DEPENDS:=$(ovs_$(1)_depends) $(ovs__common_depends)
   endef
 
   define Package/$(call ovs_package_name,$(1))/install
diff --git a/net/ovn/Makefile b/net/ovn/Makefile
index 252158fc03..fa7ed552d1 100644
--- a/net/ovn/Makefile
+++ b/net/ovn/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PKG_MAINTAINER:=Yousong Zhou <yszhou4tech@gmail.com>
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include ../../lang/python/python3-host.mk
 
-ovs_common_depends:= +libatomic +libunbound
+ovs__common_depends:= +libatomic +libunbound
 
 ovs_libovn_title:=Open vSwitch (libovn.so)
 ovs_libovn_hidden:=1