diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 266354390c8f..e4825222eb06 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ enum {
 
 INTERVAL_TREE_DEFINE(struct vhost_umem_node,
 		     rb, __u64, __subtree_last,
-		     START, LAST, , vhost_umem_interval_tree);
+		     START, LAST, static inline, vhost_umem_interval_tree);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VHOST_CROSS_ENDIAN_LEGACY
 static void vhost_disable_cross_endian(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)