diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d622ff0c48..b00214660c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-12-11  Stefan Liebler  <stli@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	* locale/programs/locfile.h (maybe_swap_uint32):
+	Remove inline and add unused attribute.
+
 2014-12-11  Stefan Liebler  <stli@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 
 	sysdeps/s390/s390-32/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_load_address):
diff --git a/locale/programs/locfile.h b/locale/programs/locfile.h
index b579a4626c..dd00c0dfb2 100644
--- a/locale/programs/locfile.h
+++ b/locale/programs/locfile.h
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ set_big_endian (bool big_endian)
 
 /* Munge VALUE so that, when stored, it has the correct byte order
    for the output files.  */
-static inline uint32_t
+static uint32_t
+__attribute__ ((unused))
 maybe_swap_uint32 (uint32_t value)
 {
   return swap_endianness_p ? bswap_32 (value) : value;