diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 1df5f699be615a82be9089df82b783413c9d47f0..8d9f3c911fcad9d3b9594ad6fe676bbe87449f57 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -538,7 +538,6 @@ static inline const char *cgroup_name(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
 int cgroup_add_cftypes(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cftype *cfts);
 int cgroup_rm_cftypes(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cftype *cfts);
 
-int cgroup_is_removed(const struct cgroup *cgrp);
 bool cgroup_is_descendant(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup *ancestor);
 
 int cgroup_path(const struct cgroup *cgrp, char *buf, int buflen);
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index a19419f4af1a419d0c91faad08d8ffd9ae649e1c..501974823b3300dd4a0304c2537c7d009dc190a3 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int css_refcnt(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 }
 
 /* convenient tests for these bits */
-inline int cgroup_is_removed(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
+static inline bool cgroup_is_removed(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	return test_bit(CGRP_REMOVED, &cgrp->flags);
 }