diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_channel.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_channel.c
index 78352d6b1..ed00ad316 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_channel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_channel.c
@@ -37,6 +37,28 @@
 #include "ioctl_channel.h"
 #include "os_linux.h"
 
+static const char *gr_gk20a_graphics_preempt_mode_name(u32 graphics_preempt_mode)
+{
+	switch (graphics_preempt_mode) {
+	case NVGPU_GRAPHICS_PREEMPTION_MODE_WFI:
+		return "WFI";
+	default:
+		return "?";
+	}
+}
+
+static const char *gr_gk20a_compute_preempt_mode_name(u32 compute_preempt_mode)
+{
+	switch (compute_preempt_mode) {
+	case NVGPU_COMPUTE_PREEMPTION_MODE_WFI:
+		return "WFI";
+	case NVGPU_COMPUTE_PREEMPTION_MODE_CTA:
+		return "CTA";
+	default:
+		return "?";
+	}
+}
+
 static void gk20a_channel_trace_sched_param(
 	void (*trace)(int chid, int tsgid, pid_t pid, u32 timeslice,
 		u32 timeout, const char *interleave,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gr_gk20a.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gr_gk20a.h
index 52b39c4fc..6b4221388 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gr_gk20a.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gr_gk20a.h
@@ -748,26 +748,4 @@ void gk20a_gr_get_ovr_perf_regs(struct gk20a *g, u32 *num_ovr_perf_regs,
 void gk20a_gr_init_ctxsw_hdr_data(struct gk20a *g,
 					struct nvgpu_mem *mem);
 
-static inline const char *gr_gk20a_graphics_preempt_mode_name(u32 graphics_preempt_mode)
-{
-	switch (graphics_preempt_mode) {
-	case NVGPU_GRAPHICS_PREEMPTION_MODE_WFI:
-		return "WFI";
-	default:
-		return "?";
-	}
-}
-
-static inline const char *gr_gk20a_compute_preempt_mode_name(u32 compute_preempt_mode)
-{
-	switch (compute_preempt_mode) {
-	case NVGPU_COMPUTE_PREEMPTION_MODE_WFI:
-		return "WFI";
-	case NVGPU_COMPUTE_PREEMPTION_MODE_CTA:
-		return "CTA";
-	default:
-		return "?";
-	}
-}
-
 #endif /*__GR_GK20A_H__*/