diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/kobject.h b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/kobject.h
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -107,23 +107,11 @@
 	return kobj;
 }
 
+struct kobject *kobject_create(void);
 int	kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, va_list);
 int	kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
 	    const char *fmt, ...);
 
-static inline struct kobject *
-kobject_create(void)
-{
-	struct kobject *kobj;
-
-	kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (kobj == NULL)
-		return (NULL);
-	kobject_init(kobj, &linux_kfree_type);
-
-	return (kobj);
-}
-
 static inline struct kobject *
 kobject_create_and_add(const char *name, struct kobject *parent)
 {
diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_compat.c b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_compat.c
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_compat.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_compat.c
@@ -156,6 +156,20 @@
 INTERVAL_TREE_DEFINE(struct interval_tree_node, rb, unsigned long,, START,
     LAST,, lkpi_interval_tree)
 
+struct kobject *
+kobject_create(void)
+{
+	struct kobject *kobj;
+
+	kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (kobj == NULL)
+		return (NULL);
+	kobject_init(kobj, &linux_kfree_type);
+
+	return (kobj);
+}
+
+
 int
 kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {