diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c
index 9968f30cca3e..76f89e2b245a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_flat_64.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void flat_init_apic_ldr(void)
 	apic_write(APIC_LDR, val);
 }
 
-static inline void _flat_send_IPI_mask(unsigned long mask, int vector)
+static void _flat_send_IPI_mask(unsigned long mask, int vector)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;