diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 6917f96f0e82575045e67376f918e280dafd743b..43ed9f6821fbe66a142bfb7154474728b38c579c 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ static inline void io_put_file(struct file *file)
 		fput(file);
 }
 
-static void io_dismantle_req(struct io_kiocb *req)
+static inline void io_dismantle_req(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	unsigned int flags = req->flags;