diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index a102564d08eb3dd6157fab6b7af8fcf0da4d7c72..569c1e4f96feb897956a64e35bd8fccb07dca6c6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ void __init finish_e820_parsing(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static inline const char *e820_type_to_string(int e820_type)
+static const char *e820_type_to_string(int e820_type)
 {
 	switch (e820_type) {
 	case E820_RESERVED_KERN: