diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index 4b9dd8f..87727d8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@
 /*
  * Dispatches the copy operation to kcopyd.
  */
-static inline void start_copy(struct pending_exception *pe)
+static void start_copy(struct pending_exception *pe)
 {
 	struct dm_snapshot *s = pe->snap;
 	struct io_region src, dest;