diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/uncompress.h b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/uncompress.h
index 8fb97b93b6bb3d85ab0055c444b44f5fb9612a6e..53b456a5bbe03512275e674325a0533786a3fa6b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/uncompress.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/uncompress.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 u32 *uart;
 
 /* PORT_16C550A, in polled non-fifo mode */
-static void putc(char c)
+static inline void putc(char c)
 {
 	if (!uart)
 		return;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ks8695/include/mach/uncompress.h b/arch/arm/mach-ks8695/include/mach/uncompress.h
index c089a1aea674ee58a0e217ea3ee5034b08ed9a28..a001c7c34df22ea9badd1fdb71766946a904404a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ks8695/include/mach/uncompress.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ks8695/include/mach/uncompress.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <mach/regs-uart.h>
 
-static void putc(char c)
+static inline void putc(char c)
 {
 	while (!(__raw_readl((void __iomem*)KS8695_UART_PA + KS8695_URLS) & URLS_URTHRE))
 		barrier();
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-netx/include/mach/uncompress.h b/arch/arm/mach-netx/include/mach/uncompress.h
index 5cb1051b5831330beb681a78e2bc00450ff4f744..033875dbc32b8695dec4249a3494a799311b954f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-netx/include/mach/uncompress.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-netx/include/mach/uncompress.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define FR_BUSY (1<<3)
 #define FR_TXFF (1<<5)
 
-static void putc(char c)
+static inline void putc(char c)
 {
 	unsigned long base;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/include/mach/uncompress.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/include/mach/uncompress.h
index 4869633de8cd36ab65c4ef7317cb97497013c3da..9cca6a56788fee71fa1a54a57a19610b276dbd96 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/include/mach/uncompress.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/include/mach/uncompress.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static void set_omap_uart_info(unsigned char port)
 	*uart_info = port;
 }
 
-static void putc(int c)
+static inline void putc(int c)
 {
 	if (!uart_base)
 		return;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rpc/include/mach/uncompress.h b/arch/arm/mach-rpc/include/mach/uncompress.h
index 0fd4b0b8ef22ea91b2990588a5158bc226e0f170..654a6f3f2547d25bebeb628ab603c3d1cec4de68 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-rpc/include/mach/uncompress.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-rpc/include/mach/uncompress.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int white;
 /*
  * This does not append a newline
  */
-static void putc(int c)
+static inline void putc(int c)
 {
 	extern void ll_write_char(char *, char c, char white);
 	int x,y;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/include/mach/uncompress.h b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/include/mach/uncompress.h
index 73093dc89829989f0cfb97a748632348b0253594..a1a041b9740bc58533b420cfc4ae7446b5a7dab5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/include/mach/uncompress.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/include/mach/uncompress.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #define UART(x)		(*(volatile unsigned long *)(serial_port + (x)))
 
-static void putc(int c)
+static inline void putc(int c)
 {
 	unsigned long serial_port;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-w90x900/include/mach/uncompress.h b/arch/arm/mach-w90x900/include/mach/uncompress.h
index 4b7c324ff664c64752ec3b5f1118a2145b7cae2f..3855ecebda6e6ed02c375707ddd0c6217eb19edc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-w90x900/include/mach/uncompress.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-w90x900/include/mach/uncompress.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define TX_DONE	(UART_LSR_TEMT | UART_LSR_THRE)
 static volatile u32 * const uart_base = (u32 *)UART0_PA;
 
-static void putc(int ch)
+static inline void putc(int ch)
 {
 	/* Check THRE and TEMT bits before we transmit the character.
 	 */