diff --git a/include/asm-mips/processor.h b/include/asm-mips/processor.h
index 5f80ba71ab92b3ad17778e483a8cad854d728c24..3a466dc7b7db951827a16d78bd5c97780ca217ee 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/processor.h
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 
 #define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
 
-extern inline void prefetch(const void *addr)
+static inline void prefetch(const void *addr)
 {
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
 	"	.set	mips4		\n"