diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.h b/sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.h
index 22208b373fb90fd64bd294d4f8eeb6a90ab841b1..e1ec6d91ea3829dfc1d44d4d5995d2a562d54fce 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.h
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struct psc_dma {
 };
 
 /* Utility for retrieving psc_dma_stream structure from a substream */
-inline struct psc_dma_stream *
+static inline struct psc_dma_stream *
 to_psc_dma_stream(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, struct psc_dma *psc_dma)
 {
 	if (substream->pstr->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE)