diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/byteorder.h b/include/asm-alpha/byteorder.h
index 7af2b8d254868ff7102f43255accd9bbd33673f5..58e958fc7f1b27bb58ce01c4a02dc550a6bd2ab0 100644
--- a/include/asm-alpha/byteorder.h
+++ b/include/asm-alpha/byteorder.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 
-static __inline __attribute_const__ __u32 __arch__swab32(__u32 x)
+static inline __attribute_const__ __u32 __arch__swab32(__u32 x)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Unfortunately, we can't use the 6 instruction sequence