diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/builtin-ffs.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/builtin-ffs.h
index 458c85ebcd150..1dacfdb4247ee 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/builtin-ffs.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/builtin-ffs.h
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
  * the libc and compiler builtin ffs routines, therefore
  * differs in spirit from the above ffz (man ffs).
  */
-static __always_inline int ffs(int x)
-{
-	return __builtin_ffs(x);
-}
+#define ffs(x) __builtin_ffs(x)
 
 #endif