diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h
index e0aa069fe9b1..1040bab9702a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h
@@ -2238,7 +2238,7 @@ static inline void *ieee80211_priv(struct net_device *dev)
 	return ((struct ieee80211_device *)netdev_priv(dev))->priv;
 }
 
-extern inline int ieee80211_is_empty_essid(const char *essid, int essid_len)
+static inline int ieee80211_is_empty_essid(const char *essid, int essid_len)
 {
 	/* Single white space is for Linksys APs */
 	if (essid_len == 1 && essid[0] == ' ')
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ extern inline int ieee80211_is_empty_essid(const char *essid, int essid_len)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-extern inline int ieee80211_is_valid_mode(struct ieee80211_device *ieee, int mode)
+static inline int ieee80211_is_valid_mode(struct ieee80211_device *ieee, int mode)
 {
 	/*
 	 * It is possible for both access points and our device to support
@@ -2280,7 +2280,7 @@ extern inline int ieee80211_is_valid_mode(struct ieee80211_device *ieee, int mod
 	return 0;
 }
 
-extern inline int ieee80211_get_hdrlen(u16 fc)
+static inline int ieee80211_get_hdrlen(u16 fc)
 {
 	int hdrlen = IEEE80211_3ADDR_LEN;
 
@@ -2564,12 +2564,12 @@ void ieee80211_softmac_scan_syncro(struct ieee80211_device *ieee);
 
 extern const long ieee80211_wlan_frequencies[];
 
-extern inline void ieee80211_increment_scans(struct ieee80211_device *ieee)
+static inline void ieee80211_increment_scans(struct ieee80211_device *ieee)
 {
 	ieee->scans++;
 }
 
-extern inline int ieee80211_get_scans(struct ieee80211_device *ieee)
+static inline int ieee80211_get_scans(struct ieee80211_device *ieee)
 {
 	return ieee->scans;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.h
index da4000e49da6..8269be80437a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/ieee80211.h
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ enum ieee80211_state {
 #define IEEE_G            (1<<2)
 #define IEEE_MODE_MASK    (IEEE_A|IEEE_B|IEEE_G)
 
-extern inline int ieee80211_is_empty_essid(const char *essid, int essid_len)
+static inline int ieee80211_is_empty_essid(const char *essid, int essid_len)
 {
 	/* Single white space is for Linksys APs */
 	if (essid_len == 1 && essid[0] == ' ')
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ extern inline int ieee80211_is_empty_essid(const char *essid, int essid_len)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-extern inline int ieee80211_get_hdrlen(u16 fc)
+static inline int ieee80211_get_hdrlen(u16 fc)
 {
 	int hdrlen = 24;