diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
index bf8470060c74..cf3ffb57334b 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static void orangefs_bufmap_unref(struct orangefs_bufmap *bufmap)
 	}
 }
 
-inline int orangefs_bufmap_size_query(void)
+int orangefs_bufmap_size_query(void)
 {
 	struct orangefs_bufmap *bufmap = orangefs_bufmap_ref();
 	int size = bufmap ? bufmap->desc_size : 0;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ inline int orangefs_bufmap_size_query(void)
 	return size;
 }
 
-inline int orangefs_bufmap_shift_query(void)
+int orangefs_bufmap_shift_query(void)
 {
 	struct orangefs_bufmap *bufmap = orangefs_bufmap_ref();
 	int shift = bufmap ? bufmap->desc_shift : 0;
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.h b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.h
index f652b464b340..112ec33a1b86 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.h
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.h
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 
 struct orangefs_bufmap;
 
-/*
- * orangefs_bufmap_size_query is now an inline function because buffer
- * sizes are not hardcoded
- */
 int orangefs_bufmap_size_query(void);
 
 int orangefs_bufmap_shift_query(void);