diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index ed9410936a22..7cc43ef856c1 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ look_up_lock_class(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass)
  * yet. Otherwise we look it up. We cache the result in the lock object
  * itself, so actual lookup of the hash should be once per lock object.
  */
-static inline struct lock_class *
+static struct lock_class *
 register_lock_class(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass, int force)
 {
 	struct lockdep_subclass_key *key;