diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
index be19a1b9a7be25ed07badedadb9a4fe41c6d5978..0dddbb30dc9f9073734d9196f64d490e8008b50d 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct imx_pinctrl {
 	const struct imx_pinctrl_soc_info *info;
 };
 
-static const inline struct imx_pin_group *imx_pinctrl_find_group_by_name(
+static inline const struct imx_pin_group *imx_pinctrl_find_group_by_name(
 				const struct imx_pinctrl_soc_info *info,
 				const char *name)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx1-core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx1-core.c
index b4400cb19b61be5bc629077875ae19e517cb0f68..38d39388d7a4b11bd484374db824ccd0dc1933fe 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx1-core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx1-core.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static int imx1_read_bit(struct imx1_pinctrl *ipctl, unsigned int pin_id,
 	return !!(readl(reg) & BIT(offset));
 }
 
-static const inline struct imx1_pin_group *imx1_pinctrl_find_group_by_name(
+static inline const struct imx1_pin_group *imx1_pinctrl_find_group_by_name(
 				const struct imx1_pinctrl_soc_info *info,
 				const char *name)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c
index cb9a0849b8ba69ff516823236c14ffd9f3ca216a..80daead3a5a175a0085d05ed4e65f24dbcd465be 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ struct at91_pinctrl {
 	struct at91_pinctrl_mux_ops *ops;
 };
 
-static const inline struct at91_pin_group *at91_pinctrl_find_group_by_name(
+static inline const struct at91_pin_group *at91_pinctrl_find_group_by_name(
 				const struct at91_pinctrl *info,
 				const char *name)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-rockchip.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-rockchip.c
index a91026e8cd7c1ab09f6328841f2b6499362d4141..a2337b7dfc412d0448abd01fa2597f7b1b3841e2 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-rockchip.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-rockchip.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static struct regmap_config rockchip_regmap_config = {
 	.reg_stride = 4,
 };
 
-static const inline struct rockchip_pin_group *pinctrl_name_to_group(
+static inline const struct rockchip_pin_group *pinctrl_name_to_group(
 					const struct rockchip_pinctrl *info,
 					const char *name)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-st.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-st.c
index d0ba968af5bb19acb2d5e1b35316898340af852a..0de1c67dfb94cc70e03a56d393140790a0e44cd6 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-st.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-st.c
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ static int st_pctl_get_group_pins(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const inline struct st_pctl_group *st_pctl_find_group_by_name(
+static inline const struct st_pctl_group *st_pctl_find_group_by_name(
 	const struct st_pinctrl *info, const char *name)
 {
 	int i;