diff --git a/sys/ofed/include/linux/device.h b/sys/ofed/include/linux/device.h
index f7bb0fb646d..87cf0e84de5 100644
--- a/sys/ofed/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/sys/ofed/include/linux/device.h
@@ -431,17 +431,6 @@ static inline char *kvasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 	return p;
 }
 
-static inline char *kasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-	char *p;
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	p = kvasprintf(gfp, fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-
-	return p;
-}
-
+char *kasprintf(gfp_t, const char *, ...);
 
 #endif	/* _LINUX_DEVICE_H_ */
diff --git a/sys/ofed/include/linux/linux_compat.c b/sys/ofed/include/linux/linux_compat.c
index 081177dad64..5dc881db703 100644
--- a/sys/ofed/include/linux/linux_compat.c
+++ b/sys/ofed/include/linux/linux_compat.c
@@ -712,6 +712,20 @@ vunmap(void *addr)
 	kfree(vmmap);
 }
 
+
+char *
+kasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	char *p;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	p = kvasprintf(gfp, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	return p;
+}
+
 static void
 linux_compat_init(void)
 {