diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 1201b6d4183d8993b1175119978a3baee4481eec..a0abfe0a537cbceaac23397e626bf13125f9db84 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static inline struct netlink_sock *nlk_sk(struct sock *sk)
 	return container_of(sk, struct netlink_sock, sk);
 }
 
-static inline int netlink_is_kernel(struct sock *sk)
+static inline int netlink_is_kernel(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	return nlk_sk(sk)->flags & NETLINK_KERNEL_SOCKET;
 }
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ static atomic_t nl_table_users = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
 static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(netlink_chain);
 
-static u32 netlink_group_mask(u32 group)
+static inline u32 netlink_group_mask(u32 group)
 {
 	return group ? 1 << (group - 1) : 0;
 }
 
-static struct hlist_head *nl_pid_hashfn(struct nl_pid_hash *hash, u32 pid)
+static inline struct hlist_head *nl_pid_hashfn(struct nl_pid_hash *hash, u32 pid)
 {
 	return &hash->table[jhash_1word(pid, hash->rnd) & hash->mask];
 }
@@ -226,8 +226,7 @@ netlink_unlock_table(void)
 		wake_up(&nl_table_wait);
 }
 
-static inline struct sock *netlink_lookup(struct net *net, int protocol,
-					  u32 pid)
+static struct sock *netlink_lookup(struct net *net, int protocol, u32 pid)
 {
 	struct nl_pid_hash *hash = &nl_table[protocol].hash;
 	struct hlist_head *head;
@@ -248,7 +247,7 @@ static inline struct sock *netlink_lookup(struct net *net, int protocol,
 	return sk;
 }
 
-static inline struct hlist_head *nl_pid_hash_zalloc(size_t size)
+static struct hlist_head *nl_pid_hash_zalloc(size_t size)
 {
 	if (size <= PAGE_SIZE)
 		return kzalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ static inline struct hlist_head *nl_pid_hash_zalloc(size_t size)
 					 get_order(size));
 }
 
-static inline void nl_pid_hash_free(struct hlist_head *table, size_t size)
+static void nl_pid_hash_free(struct hlist_head *table, size_t size)
 {
 	if (size <= PAGE_SIZE)
 		kfree(table);
@@ -578,7 +577,7 @@ static int netlink_autobind(struct socket *sock)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static inline int netlink_capable(struct socket *sock, unsigned int flag)
+static inline int netlink_capable(const struct socket *sock, unsigned int flag)
 {
 	return (nl_table[sock->sk->sk_protocol].nl_nonroot & flag) ||
 	       capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN);
@@ -846,8 +845,7 @@ void netlink_detachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	sock_put(sk);
 }
 
-static inline struct sk_buff *netlink_trim(struct sk_buff *skb,
-					   gfp_t allocation)
+static struct sk_buff *netlink_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation)
 {
 	int delta;
 
@@ -871,7 +869,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *netlink_trim(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return skb;
 }
 
-static inline void netlink_rcv_wake(struct sock *sk)
+static void netlink_rcv_wake(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
 
@@ -881,7 +879,7 @@ static inline void netlink_rcv_wake(struct sock *sk)
 		wake_up_interruptible(&nlk->wait);
 }
 
-static inline int netlink_unicast_kernel(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static int netlink_unicast_kernel(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
@@ -952,8 +950,7 @@ int netlink_has_listeners(struct sock *sk, unsigned int group)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(netlink_has_listeners);
 
-static inline int netlink_broadcast_deliver(struct sock *sk,
-					    struct sk_buff *skb)
+static int netlink_broadcast_deliver(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
 
@@ -982,7 +979,7 @@ struct netlink_broadcast_data {
 	void *tx_data;
 };
 
-static inline int do_one_broadcast(struct sock *sk,
+static int do_one_broadcast(struct sock *sk,
 				   struct netlink_broadcast_data *p)
 {
 	struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
@@ -1110,8 +1107,7 @@ struct netlink_set_err_data {
 	int code;
 };
 
-static inline int do_one_set_err(struct sock *sk,
-				 struct netlink_set_err_data *p)
+static int do_one_set_err(struct sock *sk, struct netlink_set_err_data *p)
 {
 	struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
 	int ret = 0;
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 28453ae2a97b00b85eef3b765caf64d022c13bea..21a82410ec7cf1c51507fe0e2406a69f97e75574 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static struct genl_ops *genl_get_cmd(u8 cmd, struct genl_family *family)
 /* Of course we are going to have problems once we hit
  * 2^16 alive types, but that can only happen by year 2K
 */
-static inline u16 genl_generate_id(void)
+static u16 genl_generate_id(void)
 {
 	static u16 id_gen_idx = GENL_MIN_ID;
 	int i;