diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-core.c b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
index 5e677dac2a0c..69102fda9ebd 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
@@ -657,7 +657,8 @@ struct iw_statistics *get_wireless_stats(struct net_device *dev)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int iw_handler_get_iwstats(struct net_device *		dev,
+/* noinline to avoid a bogus warning with -O3 */
+static noinline int iw_handler_get_iwstats(struct net_device *	dev,
 				  struct iw_request_info *	info,
 				  union iwreq_data *		wrqu,
 				  char *			extra)