diff --git a/arch/tile/lib/spinlock_32.c b/arch/tile/lib/spinlock_32.c
index b16ac49a968e66168ee59755d8b5316922b025f6..b34f79aada48efca7a1b350894f0dd7f4b98a7f4 100644
--- a/arch/tile/lib/spinlock_32.c
+++ b/arch/tile/lib/spinlock_32.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_spin_unlock_wait);
  * preserve the semantic that the same read lock can be acquired in an
  * interrupt context.
  */
-inline int arch_read_trylock(arch_rwlock_t *rwlock)
+int arch_read_trylock(arch_rwlock_t *rwlock)
 {
 	u32 val;
 	__insn_mtspr(SPR_INTERRUPT_CRITICAL_SECTION, 1);