diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
index e4f142c5564d..1c0864de00eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
 #define __SANITIZE_ADDRESS__
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * GCC does not warn about unused static inline functions for
+ * -Wunused-function.  This turns out to avoid the need for complex #ifdef
+ * directives.  Suppress the warning in clang as well.
+ */
+#define inline inline __attribute__((unused))
+
 /* Clang doesn't have a way to turn it off per-function, yet. */
 #ifdef __noretpoline
 #undef __noretpoline