diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index f7fb92045bf0..ce929cb55435 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -183,7 +183,10 @@ extern void ftrace_dump(void);
 static inline void
 ftrace_special(unsigned long arg1, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3) { }
 static inline int
-ftrace_printk(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 0)))
+ftrace_printk(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 0)));
+
+static inline int
+ftrace_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	return 0;
 }