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diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 85e78fc7d7fd..61f29f6a403d 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -723,10 +723,14 @@ extern int dev_set_drvdata(struct device *dev, void *data);
*/
extern struct device *__root_device_register(const char *name,
struct module *owner);
-static inline struct device *root_device_register(const char *name)
-{
- return __root_device_register(name, THIS_MODULE);
-}
+
+/*
+ * This is a macro to avoid include problems with THIS_MODULE,
+ * just as per what is done for device_schedule_callback() above.
+ */
+#define root_device_register(name) \
+ __root_device_register(name, THIS_MODULE)
+
extern void root_device_unregister(struct device *root);
static inline void *dev_get_platdata(const struct device *dev)