diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h
index 71110a90275f..62d3d645a793 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static inline int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio(const struct hstate *h, struct f
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static long hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios(const struct hstate *h,
+static inline long hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folios(const struct hstate *h,
 					struct list_head *folio_list,
 					struct list_head *non_hvo_folios)
 {