diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index f523a1533ce1..37eaf42ed2c6 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ redirty:
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-static int shmem_parse_mpol(char *value, int *policy, nodemask_t *policy_nodes)
+static inline int shmem_parse_mpol(char *value, int *policy, nodemask_t *policy_nodes)
 {
 	char *nodelist = strchr(value, ':');
 	int err = 1;