diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbg.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbg.c
index b2915aea47ee033fa7a6ee188d140ffe032ac216..105fa8b025bbb0375ae1fc543732507f4bfba80a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbg.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static void dbg_rsvd64(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, u64 *ctx, dma_addr_t dma)
 	}
 }
 
-inline char *xhci_get_slot_state(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
+char *xhci_get_slot_state(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
 		struct xhci_container_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct xhci_slot_ctx *slot_ctx = xhci_get_slot_ctx(xhci, ctx);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
index 741ece482e312ff96c723c58030054b268cee494..e5eb09b2f38ed690451995f5899fd75136bdcea7 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ void xhci_dbg_erst(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, struct xhci_erst *erst);
 void xhci_dbg_cmd_ptrs(struct xhci_hcd *xhci);
 void xhci_dbg_ring_ptrs(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, struct xhci_ring *ring);
 void xhci_dbg_ctx(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, struct xhci_container_ctx *ctx, unsigned int last_ep);
-inline char *xhci_get_slot_state(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
+char *xhci_get_slot_state(struct xhci_hcd *xhci,
 		struct xhci_container_ctx *ctx);
 
 /* xHCI memory management */