diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 96fd06b4c97e..f63f8d161bd7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e25cf3db560e803292946ef23a30c69e341ce56f
+refs/heads/master: 7918baa555140989eeee1270f48533987d48fdba
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/mutex.c b/trunk/kernel/mutex.c
index 39a3816b68d9..4f45d4b658ef 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/mutex.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/mutex.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mutex_init);
  * We also put the fastpath first in the kernel image, to make sure the
  * branch is predicted by the CPU as default-untaken.
  */
-static void noinline __sched
+static __used noinline void __sched
 __mutex_lock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
 
 /***
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void inline __sched mutex_lock(struct mutex *lock)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mutex_lock);
 #endif
 
-static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
+static __used noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
 
 /***
  * mutex_unlock - release the mutex
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ __mutex_unlock_common_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count, int nested)
 /*
  * Release the lock, slowpath:
  */
-static noinline void
+static __used noinline void
 __mutex_unlock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count)
 {
 	__mutex_unlock_common_slowpath(lock_count, 1);
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ int __sched mutex_lock_killable(struct mutex *lock)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mutex_lock_killable);
 
-static noinline void __sched
+static __used noinline void __sched
 __mutex_lock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count)
 {
 	struct mutex *lock = container_of(lock_count, struct mutex, count);