diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
index 0e9f1982b1dd..95777b0faa73 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 #include <asm/paravirt.h>
 
-static void default_spin_lock_flags(struct raw_spinlock *lock, unsigned long flags)
+static inline void
+default_spin_lock_flags(raw_spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	__raw_spin_lock(lock);
 }