diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index cf22bef62c98..8c20a52557ea 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ n_tty_receive_char_inline(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char c)
 	put_tty_queue(c, ldata);
 }
 
-static inline void n_tty_receive_char(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char c)
+static void n_tty_receive_char(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char c)
 {
 	n_tty_receive_char_inline(tty, c);
 }