diff --git a/drivers/pci/access.c b/drivers/pci/access.c
index 4c4c73420fb2e9be51491e1756c9526a78b54714..ca42a33bbb001ba00b9d599ffcfbd6a7e7ec7ded 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/access.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/access.c
@@ -581,6 +581,12 @@ int pci_vpd_pci22_init(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void pci_vpd_release(struct pci_dev *dev)
+{
+	if (dev->vpd)
+		dev->vpd->ops->release(dev);
+}
+
 /**
  * pci_cfg_access_lock - Lock PCI config reads/writes
  * @dev:	pci device struct
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.h b/drivers/pci/pci.h
index 9a1660f592ef75f061d154c68629d9bd795c538a..52e86b0d56d2548d701c2f8ead75a499363ea56e 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci.h
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci.h
@@ -107,11 +107,7 @@ struct pci_vpd {
 };
 
 int pci_vpd_pci22_init(struct pci_dev *dev);
-static inline void pci_vpd_release(struct pci_dev *dev)
-{
-	if (dev->vpd)
-		dev->vpd->ops->release(dev);
-}
+void pci_vpd_release(struct pci_dev *dev);
 
 /* PCI /proc functions */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS