diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 5eb3d2524bdc..cfaba6287702 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3831,7 +3831,8 @@ static inline int create_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
 }
 
-static int wp_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf, pmd_t orig_pmd)
+/* `inline' is required to avoid gcc 4.1.2 build error */
+static inline int wp_huge_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf, pmd_t orig_pmd)
 {
 	if (vma_is_anonymous(vmf->vma))
 		return do_huge_pmd_wp_page(vmf, orig_pmd);