diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h
index c8a6034019c88d148be6450c46b5f10b45922756..27f3875be8b26326fa2055e4c374e60b464c3136 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/api.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static inline void fpstate_free(struct fpu *fpu) { }
 /* fpstate-related functions which are exported to KVM */
 extern void fpstate_clear_xstate_component(struct fpstate *fps, unsigned int xfeature);
 
-extern inline u64 xstate_get_guest_group_perm(void);
+extern u64 xstate_get_guest_group_perm(void);
 
 /* KVM specific functions */
 extern bool fpu_alloc_guest_fpstate(struct fpu_guest *gfpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
index 52c765860e09f32638322cac53f0fdf93bd75082..3515df0ec5e2848de752b612fe079e3ff5ba3e48 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ static inline int xstate_request_perm(unsigned long idx, bool guest)
 }
 #endif  /* !CONFIG_X86_64 */
 
-inline u64 xstate_get_guest_group_perm(void)
+u64 xstate_get_guest_group_perm(void)
 {
 	return xstate_get_group_perm(true);
 }