diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c
index ec0145192228..bb104b7f73e3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c
@@ -130,6 +130,23 @@ void ehca_free_fw_ctrlblock(void *ptr)
 }
 #endif
 
+int ehca2ib_return_code(u64 ehca_rc)
+{
+	switch (ehca_rc) {
+	case H_SUCCESS:
+		return 0;
+	case H_RESOURCE:             /* Resource in use */
+	case H_BUSY:
+		return -EBUSY;
+	case H_NOT_ENOUGH_RESOURCES: /* insufficient resources */
+	case H_CONSTRAINED:          /* resource constraint */
+	case H_NO_MEM:
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
 static int ehca_create_slab_caches(void)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_tools.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_tools.h
index 678b81391861..57c77a715f46 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_tools.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_tools.h
@@ -154,24 +154,7 @@ extern int ehca_debug_level;
 #define EHCA_BMASK_GET(mask, value) \
 	(EHCA_BMASK_MASK(mask) & (((u64)(value)) >> EHCA_BMASK_SHIFTPOS(mask)))
 
-
 /* Converts ehca to ib return code */
-static inline int ehca2ib_return_code(u64 ehca_rc)
-{
-	switch (ehca_rc) {
-	case H_SUCCESS:
-		return 0;
-	case H_RESOURCE:             /* Resource in use */
-	case H_BUSY:
-		return -EBUSY;
-	case H_NOT_ENOUGH_RESOURCES: /* insufficient resources */
-	case H_CONSTRAINED:          /* resource constraint */
-	case H_NO_MEM:
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-}
-
+int ehca2ib_return_code(u64 ehca_rc);
 
 #endif /* EHCA_TOOLS_H */