diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 178f7924149a..895320e25662 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define init_stack		(init_thread_union.stack)
 
 /* How to get the thread information struct from C.  */
-register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$28");
-#define current_thread_info()  __current_thread_info
+static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
+{
+	register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$28");
+
+	return __current_thread_info;
+}
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */