diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 68395dcd067c..d81b0cff15e0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ static void nvme_assign_write_stream(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 		req->q->write_hints[streamid] += blk_rq_bytes(req) >> 9;
 }
 
-static void nvme_setup_passthrough(struct request *req,
+static inline void nvme_setup_passthrough(struct request *req,
 		struct nvme_command *cmd)
 {
 	memcpy(cmd, nvme_req(req)->cmd, sizeof(*cmd));