diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index b4603cd54fcd..1ad6435f252e 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 					printk(KERN_DEBUG msg); } while (0)
 #else
 /* Validate arguments and do nothing */
-static void inline int __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)))
+static inline void __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)))
 SOCK_DEBUG(struct sock *sk, const char *msg, ...)
 {
 }