diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
index 1008337473a819de24bdb799ea821aef7f58f8cc..adebf224f73a2177177e135c81b09516f29a940a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ struct visornic_devdata {
 };
 
 /* Returns next non-zero index on success or 0 on failure (i.e. out of room). */
-static inline u16
+static u16
 add_physinfo_entries(u64 inp_pfn, u16 inp_off, u32 inp_len, u16 index,
 		     u16 max_pi_arr_entries, struct phys_info pi_arr[])
 {