diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
index d614c5ea1b5ea4a1772594b35525f1e64aec68ff..de179993e039d41d7e9034b5744be40954f81c09 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
@@ -15,11 +15,3 @@
  * with any version that can compile the kernel
  */
 #define __UNIQUE_ID(prefix) __PASTE(__PASTE(__UNIQUE_ID_, prefix), __COUNTER__)
-
-/*
- * GCC does not warn about unused static inline functions for
- * -Wunused-function.  This turns out to avoid the need for complex #ifdef
- * directives.  Suppress the warning in clang as well.
- */
-#undef inline
-#define inline inline __attribute__((unused)) notrace
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 7deaae3dc87d76915ccc9a6b912336f5bc68bcbc..cd4bbe8242bd89802c0440329615c6c64fedbd69 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -66,18 +66,22 @@
 
 /*
  * Force always-inline if the user requests it so via the .config,
- * or if gcc is too old:
+ * or if gcc is too old.
+ * GCC does not warn about unused static inline functions for
+ * -Wunused-function.  This turns out to avoid the need for complex #ifdef
+ * directives.  Suppress the warning in clang as well by using "unused"
+ * function attribute, which is redundant but not harmful for gcc.
  */
 #if !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING) ||		\
     !defined(CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING) || (__GNUC__ < 4)
-#define inline		inline		__attribute__((always_inline)) notrace
-#define __inline__	__inline__	__attribute__((always_inline)) notrace
-#define __inline	__inline	__attribute__((always_inline)) notrace
+#define inline inline		__attribute__((always_inline,unused)) notrace
+#define __inline__ __inline__	__attribute__((always_inline,unused)) notrace
+#define __inline __inline	__attribute__((always_inline,unused)) notrace
 #else
 /* A lot of inline functions can cause havoc with function tracing */
-#define inline		inline		notrace
-#define __inline__	__inline__	notrace
-#define __inline	__inline	notrace
+#define inline inline		__attribute__((unused)) notrace
+#define __inline__ __inline__	__attribute__((unused)) notrace
+#define __inline __inline	__attribute__((unused)) notrace
 #endif
 
 #define __always_inline	inline __attribute__((always_inline))