diff --git a/drivers/net/spider_net.c b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
index 946b2e2..8fa9ff7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/spider_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
@@ -501,6 +501,20 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * spider_net_disable_rxdmac - disables the receive DMA controller
+ * @card: card structure
+ *
+ * spider_net_disable_rxdmac terminates processing on the DMA controller
+ * by turing off the DMA controller, with the force-end flag set.
+ */
+static inline void
+spider_net_disable_rxdmac(struct spider_net_card *card)
+{
+	spider_net_write_reg(card, SPIDER_NET_GDADMACCNTR,
+			     SPIDER_NET_DMA_RX_FEND_VALUE);
+}
+
+/**
  * spider_net_refill_rx_chain - refills descriptors/skbs in the rx chains
  * @card: card structure
  *
@@ -656,20 +670,6 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * spider_net_disable_rxdmac - disables the receive DMA controller
- * @card: card structure
- *
- * spider_net_disable_rxdmac terminates processing on the DMA controller by
- * turing off DMA and issueing a force end
- */
-static void
-spider_net_disable_rxdmac(struct spider_net_card *card)
-{
-	spider_net_write_reg(card, SPIDER_NET_GDADMACCNTR,
-			     SPIDER_NET_DMA_RX_FEND_VALUE);
-}
-
-/**
  * spider_net_prepare_tx_descr - fill tx descriptor with skb data
  * @card: card structure
  * @descr: descriptor structure to fill out