--- a/include/netlink/object.h
+++ b/include/netlink/object.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 /* Access Functions */
 extern int			nl_object_get_refcnt(struct nl_object *);
 extern struct nl_cache *	nl_object_get_cache(struct nl_object *);
-extern inline void *		nl_object_priv(struct nl_object *);
+extern void *			nl_object_priv(struct nl_object *);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
--- a/lib/object.c
+++ b/lib/object.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
 	return obj->ce_cache;
 }
 
-inline void *nl_object_priv(struct nl_object *obj)
+void *nl_object_priv(struct nl_object *obj)
 {
 	return obj;
 }