diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/usbsevseg.c b/drivers/usb/misc/usbsevseg.c
index b2d82b937392eb9b0186416938d2485b2fd29f18..0a87d3eab9cd72ee2e27337d3b34ee0f29c9a61b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/usbsevseg.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/usbsevseg.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct usb_sevsegdev {
  * if str commands are used, we would assume the end of string
  * so mem commands are used.
  */
-inline size_t my_memlen(const char *buf, size_t count)
+static inline size_t my_memlen(const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	if (count > 0 && buf[count-1] == '\n')
 		return count - 1;