diff --git a/include/asm-sparc/msi.h b/include/asm-sparc/msi.h
index b69543d..ff72cbd 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc/msi.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc/msi.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #define MSI_ASYNC_MODE  0x80000000	/* Operate the MSI asynchronously */
 
 
-extern __inline__ void msi_set_sync(void)
+static inline void msi_set_sync(void)
 {
 	__asm__ __volatile__ ("lda [%0] %1, %%g3\n\t"
 			      "andn %%g3, %2, %%g3\n\t"