diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/pg-sh7705.c b/arch/sh/mm/pg-sh7705.c
index 7f885b7f8aff..eaf25147194c 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/pg-sh7705.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/pg-sh7705.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void copy_user_page(void *to, void *from, unsigned long address, struct page *pg
  * For SH7705, we have our own implementation for ptep_get_and_clear
  * Copied from pg-sh4.c
  */
-inline pte_t ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
+pte_t ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
 	pte_t pte = *ptep;