diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
index 7394224e99b2845bf503f881384a5d7d4d904b0d..9229f168eca4db22dd7cf6c82845b41017143aec 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ static int nes_setup_mmap_qp(struct nes_qp *nesqp, struct nes_vnic *nesvnic,
 /**
  * nes_free_qp_mem() is to free up the qp's pci_alloc_consistent() memory.
  */
-static inline void nes_free_qp_mem(struct nes_device *nesdev,
+static void nes_free_qp_mem(struct nes_device *nesdev,
 		struct nes_qp *nesqp, int virt_wqs)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;