diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 258962bc2813a9c948f53ab844066fe08eb51391..bc9a4220e8b5bb09f00ec5d1585c92416eb81868 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -778,8 +778,9 @@ static struct class thermal_class = {
 	.dev_release = thermal_release,
 };
 
-static void print_bind_err_msg(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
-			       struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, int ret)
+static inline
+void print_bind_err_msg(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
+			struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, int ret)
 {
 	dev_err(&tz->device, "binding zone %s with cdev %s failed:%d\n",
 		tz->type, cdev->type, ret);