diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index cdaf03a14a51..6e1c79c8b6bf 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -314,9 +314,8 @@ void zero_fill_bio(struct bio *bio);
  * bvec_kmap_irq and bvec_kunmap_irq!!
  *
  * This function MUST be inlined - it plays with the CPU interrupt flags.
- * Hence the `extern inline'.
  */
-extern inline char *bvec_kmap_irq(struct bio_vec *bvec, unsigned long *flags)
+static inline char *bvec_kmap_irq(struct bio_vec *bvec, unsigned long *flags)
 {
 	unsigned long addr;
 
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ extern inline char *bvec_kmap_irq(struct bio_vec *bvec, unsigned long *flags)
 	return (char *) addr + bvec->bv_offset;
 }
 
-extern inline void bvec_kunmap_irq(char *buffer, unsigned long *flags)
+static inline void bvec_kunmap_irq(char *buffer, unsigned long *flags)
 {
 	unsigned long ptr = (unsigned long) buffer & PAGE_MASK;
 
@@ -345,7 +344,7 @@ extern inline void bvec_kunmap_irq(char *buffer, unsigned long *flags)
 #define bvec_kunmap_irq(buf, flags)	do { *(flags) = 0; } while (0)
 #endif
 
-extern inline char *__bio_kmap_irq(struct bio *bio, unsigned short idx,
+static inline char *__bio_kmap_irq(struct bio *bio, unsigned short idx,
 				   unsigned long *flags)
 {
 	return bvec_kmap_irq(bio_iovec_idx(bio, idx), flags);