diff --git a/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h b/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
index 985a5f583de4..31f76b6abf71 100644
--- a/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
+++ b/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ int asoc_simple_init_priv(struct asoc_simple_priv *priv,
 			       struct link_info *li);
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-inline void asoc_simple_debug_dai(struct asoc_simple_priv *priv,
-				  char *name,
-				  struct asoc_simple_dai *dai)
+static inline void asoc_simple_debug_dai(struct asoc_simple_priv *priv,
+					 char *name,
+					 struct asoc_simple_dai *dai)
 {
 	struct device *dev = simple_priv_to_dev(priv);
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ inline void asoc_simple_debug_dai(struct asoc_simple_priv *priv,
 		dev_dbg(dev, "%s clk %luHz\n", name, clk_get_rate(dai->clk));
 }
 
-inline void asoc_simple_debug_info(struct asoc_simple_priv *priv)
+static inline void asoc_simple_debug_info(struct asoc_simple_priv *priv)
 {
 	struct snd_soc_card *card = simple_priv_to_card(priv);
 	struct device *dev = simple_priv_to_dev(priv);