diff --git a/include/net/ip_vs.h b/include/net/ip_vs.h
index 7a3c43711a17a1848c44e4d02d2514f2056ca9f5..e426641c519f4e4fcf4dd70a9bda3090cd612037 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_vs.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_vs.h
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ static __inline__ int ip_vs_todrop(void)
  */
 #define IP_VS_FWD_METHOD(cp)  (cp->flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_FWD_MASK)
 
-extern __inline__ char ip_vs_fwd_tag(struct ip_vs_conn *cp)
+static inline char ip_vs_fwd_tag(struct ip_vs_conn *cp)
 {
 	char fwd;