diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.c
index 39e5cd12aa526176a70013f958ca6506de9a487c..45e6f9bfe99caea57afd13cb4a6c7be4ba145c86 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.c
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ static void update_hop_count(struct fw_node *node)
 	node->max_hops = max(max_child_hops, depths[0] + depths[1] + 2);
 }
 
+static inline struct fw_node *fw_node(struct list_head *l)
+{
+	return list_entry(l, struct fw_node, link);
+}
 
 /**
  * build_tree - Build the tree representation of the topology
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.h b/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.h
index 1b56b4ac7fb2c0298830544a31fc5d4b2909d2b7..cedc1ec906e9b6e1dd02e3e24dc18dcaa943c271 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.h
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.h
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ struct fw_node {
 	struct fw_node *ports[0];
 };
 
-static inline struct fw_node *
-fw_node(struct list_head *l)
-{
-	return list_entry(l, struct fw_node, link);
-}
-
 static inline struct fw_node *
 fw_node_get(struct fw_node *node)
 {