diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index b1eee9a044fee52ab0a9ebdaa62d473c839254de..46d4253642d7f765510fc603269ac28fcae402eb 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ static int read_widget_caps(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t fg_node)
 
 static void init_hda_cache(struct hda_cache_rec *cache,
 			   unsigned int record_size);
-static inline void free_hda_cache(struct hda_cache_rec *cache);
+static void free_hda_cache(struct hda_cache_rec *cache);
 
 /*
  * codec destructor
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static void __devinit init_hda_cache(struct hda_cache_rec *cache,
 	cache->record_size = record_size;
 }
 
-static inline void free_hda_cache(struct hda_cache_rec *cache)
+static void free_hda_cache(struct hda_cache_rec *cache)
 {
 	kfree(cache->buffer);
 }