diff --git a/hw/vmware_vga.c b/hw/vmware_vga.c
index 6c59053308..4656767964 100644
--- a/hw/vmware_vga.c
+++ b/hw/vmware_vga.c
@@ -1309,11 +1309,6 @@ static int pci_vmsvga_initfn(PCIDevice *dev)
     return 0;
 }
 
-void pci_vmsvga_init(PCIBus *bus)
-{
-    pci_create_simple(bus, -1, "vmware-svga");
-}
-
 static PCIDeviceInfo vmsvga_info = {
     .qdev.name    = "vmware-svga",
     .qdev.size    = sizeof(struct pci_vmsvga_state_s),
diff --git a/hw/vmware_vga.h b/hw/vmware_vga.h
index 2e0813c81b..e7bcb22146 100644
--- a/hw/vmware_vga.h
+++ b/hw/vmware_vga.h
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
 /* vmware_vga.c */
-void pci_vmsvga_init(PCIBus *bus);
+static inline void pci_vmsvga_init(PCIBus *bus)
+{
+    pci_create_simple(bus, -1, "vmware-svga");
+}
 
 #endif