diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index cbb57194687e393a16e9e0e74381bfcb2569b720..0e517be91a89e162bb868af9835c8641aadfd01b 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3591,7 +3591,7 @@ static int do_numa_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int create_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static inline int create_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	if (vma_is_anonymous(vmf->vma))
 		return do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(vmf);