diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fifo_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fifo_gk20a.c
index b636679e0..03ca69846 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fifo_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fifo_gk20a.c
@@ -4048,6 +4048,23 @@ u32 gk20a_fifo_pbdma_acquire_val(u64 timeout)
 	return val;
 }
 
+const char *gk20a_fifo_interleave_level_name(u32 interleave_level)
+{
+	switch (interleave_level) {
+	case NVGPU_RUNLIST_INTERLEAVE_LEVEL_LOW:
+		return "LOW";
+
+	case NVGPU_RUNLIST_INTERLEAVE_LEVEL_MEDIUM:
+		return "MEDIUM";
+
+	case NVGPU_RUNLIST_INTERLEAVE_LEVEL_HIGH:
+		return "HIGH";
+
+	default:
+		return "?";
+	}
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_TEGRA_GK20A_NVHOST
 void gk20a_fifo_add_syncpt_wait_cmd(struct gk20a *g,
 		struct priv_cmd_entry *cmd, u32 off,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fifo_gk20a.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fifo_gk20a.h
index 68f533162..2bc7d9a8b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fifo_gk20a.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fifo_gk20a.h
@@ -210,23 +210,6 @@ struct fifo_gk20a {
 	u32 channel_base;
 };
 
-static inline const char *gk20a_fifo_interleave_level_name(u32 interleave_level)
-{
-	switch (interleave_level) {
-	case NVGPU_RUNLIST_INTERLEAVE_LEVEL_LOW:
-		return "LOW";
-
-	case NVGPU_RUNLIST_INTERLEAVE_LEVEL_MEDIUM:
-		return "MEDIUM";
-
-	case NVGPU_RUNLIST_INTERLEAVE_LEVEL_HIGH:
-		return "HIGH";
-
-	default:
-		return "?";
-	}
-}
-
 struct ch_state {
 	int pid;
 	int refs;