diff --git a/projects/clr/hipamd/include/hip/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h b/projects/clr/hipamd/include/hip/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
index 6459839180..d8d0bc2c62 100644
--- a/projects/clr/hipamd/include/hip/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
+++ b/projects/clr/hipamd/include/hip/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ inline static hipChannelFormatDesc hipCreateChannelDesc()
 		return cudaCreateChannelDesc<T>();
 }
 
-hipChannelFormatDesc hipCreateChannelDesc(int x, int y, int z, int w, hipChannelFormatKind f)
+inline static hipChannelFormatDesc hipCreateChannelDesc(int x, int y, int z, int w, hipChannelFormatKind f)
 {
     return cudaCreateChannelDesc(x , y , z , w, hipChannelFormatKindToCudaChannelFormatKind(f)); 
 }