diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 164659f2d636..b99ada27a136 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4511,7 +4511,7 @@ static void tcp_ofo_queue(struct sock *sk)
 static int tcp_prune_ofo_queue(struct sock *sk);
 static int tcp_prune_queue(struct sock *sk);
 
-static inline int tcp_try_rmem_schedule(struct sock *sk, unsigned int size)
+static int tcp_try_rmem_schedule(struct sock *sk, unsigned int size)
 {
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > sk->sk_rcvbuf ||
 	    !sk_rmem_schedule(sk, size)) {