diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_channel.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_channel.c
index 08e483a3a..17340e8cf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_channel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_channel.c
@@ -34,6 +34,24 @@
 #include "gk20a/fence_gk20a.h"
 #include "ioctl_channel.h"
 
+static void gk20a_channel_trace_sched_param(
+	void (*trace)(int chid, int tsgid, pid_t pid, u32 timeslice,
+		u32 timeout, const char *interleave,
+		const char *graphics_preempt_mode,
+		const char *compute_preempt_mode),
+	struct channel_gk20a *ch)
+{
+	(trace)(ch->hw_chid, ch->tsgid, ch->pid,
+		gk20a_is_channel_marked_as_tsg(ch) ?
+			tsg_gk20a_from_ch(ch)->timeslice_us : ch->timeslice_us,
+		ch->timeout_ms_max,
+		gk20a_fifo_interleave_level_name(ch->interleave_level),
+		gr_gk20a_graphics_preempt_mode_name(ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx ?
+			ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx->graphics_preempt_mode : 0),
+		gr_gk20a_compute_preempt_mode_name(ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx ?
+			ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx->compute_preempt_mode : 0));
+}
+
 /*
  * Although channels do have pointers back to the gk20a struct that they were
  * created under in cases where the driver is killed that pointer can be bad.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.h
index 5039f8e36..b903d7901 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.h
@@ -1541,24 +1541,6 @@ extern struct class nvgpu_class;
 int gk20a_prepare_poweroff(struct gk20a *g);
 int gk20a_finalize_poweron(struct gk20a *g);
 
-static inline void gk20a_channel_trace_sched_param(
-	void (*trace)(int chid, int tsgid, pid_t pid, u32 timeslice,
-		u32 timeout, const char *interleave,
-		const char *graphics_preempt_mode,
-		const char *compute_preempt_mode),
-	struct channel_gk20a *ch)
-{
-	(trace)(ch->hw_chid, ch->tsgid, ch->pid,
-		gk20a_is_channel_marked_as_tsg(ch) ?
-			tsg_gk20a_from_ch(ch)->timeslice_us : ch->timeslice_us,
-		ch->timeout_ms_max,
-		gk20a_fifo_interleave_level_name(ch->interleave_level),
-		gr_gk20a_graphics_preempt_mode_name(ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx ?
-			ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx->graphics_preempt_mode : 0),
-		gr_gk20a_compute_preempt_mode_name(ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx ?
-			ch->ch_ctx.gr_ctx->compute_preempt_mode : 0));
-}
-
 void nvgpu_wait_for_deferred_interrupts(struct gk20a *g);
 
 struct gk20a * __must_check gk20a_get(struct gk20a *g);