diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
index afbf938836f..877da3ed52e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include <net/route.h>
 #include <net/xfrm.h>
 
-static inline int ip_forward_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static int ip_forward_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct ip_options * opt	= &(IPCB(skb)->opt);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
index 8f75e43ad3b..168c871fcd7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ int ip_call_ra_chain(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int ip_local_deliver_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static int ip_local_deliver_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	__skb_pull(skb, ip_hdrlen(skb));
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ drop:
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static inline int ip_rcv_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static int ip_rcv_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	const struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 	struct rtable *rt;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 699f06781fd..f508835ba71 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static inline int ip_skb_dst_mtu(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	       skb->dst->dev->mtu : dst_mtu(skb->dst);
 }
 
-static inline int ip_finish_output(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static int ip_finish_output(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_NETFILTER) && defined(CONFIG_XFRM)
 	/* Policy lookup after SNAT yielded a new policy */