diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c
index 6a71bea..76565c9 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
  * entries has been chosen so that no hash chain exceeds 8 nodes and will
  * usually be much smaller (typically only a single node).
  */
-static inline unsigned int tipc_hashfn(u32 addr)
+static unsigned int tipc_hashfn(u32 addr)
 {
 	return addr & (NODE_HTABLE_SIZE - 1);
 }