diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h b/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h
index ab8f7d83079a36064cf53e1970c316ca0dcce7e2..26486e182f550cf876e89fafe4b1b553dcc7dcdd 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ int l2cap_add_scid(struct l2cap_chan *chan,  __u16 scid);
 struct l2cap_chan *l2cap_chan_create(struct sock *sk);
 void l2cap_chan_close(struct l2cap_chan *chan, int reason);
 void l2cap_chan_destroy(struct l2cap_chan *chan);
-inline int l2cap_chan_connect(struct l2cap_chan *chan, __le16 psm, u16 cid,
+int l2cap_chan_connect(struct l2cap_chan *chan, __le16 psm, u16 cid,
 								bdaddr_t *dst);
 int l2cap_chan_send(struct l2cap_chan *chan, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 								u32 priority);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index e35ff4cd33ceae0eda120201a030bd6646b8b1a8..dcccae04ae086767c793b269fbcc7c0280a484b3 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ static struct l2cap_chan *l2cap_global_chan_by_psm(int state, __le16 psm, bdaddr
 	return c1;
 }
 
-inline int l2cap_chan_connect(struct l2cap_chan *chan, __le16 psm, u16 cid, bdaddr_t *dst)
+int l2cap_chan_connect(struct l2cap_chan *chan, __le16 psm, u16 cid, bdaddr_t *dst)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = chan->sk;
 	bdaddr_t *src = &bt_sk(sk)->src;