diff --git a/mm/vmacache.c b/mm/vmacache.c
index b6e3662fe339..fd09dc9c6812 100644
--- a/mm/vmacache.c
+++ b/mm/vmacache.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void vmacache_flush_all(struct mm_struct *mm)
  * Also handle the case where a kernel thread has adopted this mm via use_mm().
  * That kernel thread's vmacache is not applicable to this mm.
  */
-static bool vmacache_valid_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
+static inline bool vmacache_valid_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	return current->mm == mm && !(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD);
 }