diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index fc4dc28..e4de2b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2323,19 +2323,7 @@
 				size_t size, loff_t *pos);
 int simple_transaction_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 
-static inline void simple_transaction_set(struct file *file, size_t n)
-{
-	struct simple_transaction_argresp *ar = file->private_data;
-
-	BUG_ON(n > SIMPLE_TRANSACTION_LIMIT);
-
-	/*
-	 * The barrier ensures that ar->size will really remain zero until
-	 * ar->data is ready for reading.
-	 */
-	smp_mb();
-	ar->size = n;
-}
+void simple_transaction_set(struct file *file, size_t n);
 
 /*
  * simple attribute files