diff --git a/libavcodec/get_bits.h b/libavcodec/get_bits.h
index cb2be4fadf6b0057d9313d2d19ad322f1c88d87f..29e72059d3b1e5b4390dd21b114d224d1b3531b0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/get_bits.h
+++ b/libavcodec/get_bits.h
@@ -249,6 +249,14 @@ static inline unsigned int get_bits(GetBitContext *s, int n)
     return tmp;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Read 0-25 bits.
+ */
+static av_always_inline int get_bitsz(GetBitContext *s, int n)
+{
+    return n ? get_bits(s, n) : 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * Show 1-25 bits.
  */
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegaudiodec_template.c b/libavcodec/mpegaudiodec_template.c
index 184d67bf3bd8e07eaaabf69a0e29de8e3ecc473f..820a7ae938820e6392febff7820bd3c39e6e7f21 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegaudiodec_template.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegaudiodec_template.c
@@ -795,13 +795,6 @@ static void exponents_from_scale_factors(MPADecodeContext *s, GranuleDef *g,
     }
 }
 
-/* handle n = 0 too */
-static inline int get_bitsz(GetBitContext *s, int n)
-{
-    return n ? get_bits(s, n) : 0;
-}
-
-
 static void switch_buffer(MPADecodeContext *s, int *pos, int *end_pos,
                           int *end_pos2)
 {