diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib9000.h b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib9000.h
index b5781a48034c0979bf65ee0ae188200747dfa863..de1cc91fd83317252d2b06ab0b5f9ae6e9b6c461 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib9000.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib9000.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static inline int dib9000_set_slave_frontend(struct dvb_frontend *fe, struct dvb
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-int dib9000_remove_slave_frontend(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
+static inline int dib9000_remove_slave_frontend(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 {
 	printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: driver disabled by Kconfig\n", __func__);
 	return -ENODEV;