diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
index aee2aeb46c60..07326f632361 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/dma.c
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ int s3c2410_dma_getposition(unsigned int channel, dma_addr_t *src, dma_addr_t *d
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(s3c2410_dma_getposition);
 
-static struct s3c2410_dma_chan *to_dma_chan(struct sys_device *dev)
+static inline struct s3c2410_dma_chan *to_dma_chan(struct sys_device *dev)
 {
 	return container_of(dev, struct s3c2410_dma_chan, dev);
 }