diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
index 94e68c54d27397bf06c56b32d7539c927b8dcf41..efb88c10ed1615a2b1bbafc548e80911a5ddd488 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct pci_dynid {
  * Adds a new dynamic pci device ID to this driver,
  * and causes the driver to probe for all devices again.
  */
-static inline ssize_t
+static ssize_t
 store_new_id(struct device_driver *driver, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct pci_dynid *dynid;