diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
index 892fc70cc951f10a10c96cd3f43e276e868cbf7a..0228ed06069e95c88b3b4a032b5b423f474ca190 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.c
@@ -918,11 +918,11 @@ security_flags_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 	return count;
 }
 #else
-static inline void cifs_proc_init(void)
+inline void cifs_proc_init(void)
 {
 }
 
-static inline void cifs_proc_clean(void)
+inline void cifs_proc_clean(void)
 {
 }
 #endif /* PROC_FS */