diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 4f5f9365724..7acf43bf04a 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -412,10 +412,14 @@ struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *s)
 	return container_of(s, struct mem_cgroup, css);
 }
 
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_root(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	return (memcg == root_mem_cgroup);
+}
+
 /* Writing them here to avoid exposing memcg's inner layout */
 #if defined(CONFIG_INET) && defined(CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM)
 
-static bool mem_cgroup_is_root(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 void sock_update_memcg(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	if (mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled) {
@@ -1011,11 +1015,6 @@ void mem_cgroup_iter_break(struct mem_cgroup *root,
 	     iter != NULL;				\
 	     iter = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, iter, NULL))
 
-static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_root(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
-{
-	return (memcg == root_mem_cgroup);
-}
-
 void mem_cgroup_count_vm_event(struct mm_struct *mm, enum vm_event_item idx)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;