diff --git a/hipamd/include/hcc_detail/trace_helper.h b/hipamd/include/hcc_detail/trace_helper.h
index 1275016188..35a8b80c0c 100644
--- a/hipamd/include/hcc_detail/trace_helper.h
+++ b/hipamd/include/hcc_detail/trace_helper.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ LIABILITY, WHETHER INN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR INN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 THE SOFTWARE.
 */
-
+#pragma once
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iomanip>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
 // Building block functions:
 template <typename T>
-std::string ToHexString(T v)
+inline std::string ToHexString(T v)
 {
     std::ostringstream ss;
     ss << "0x" << std::hex << v;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ std::string ToHexString(T v)
 // Template overloads for ToString to handle various types:
 // Note these use C++11 variadic templates
 template <typename T>
-std::string ToString(T v) {
+inline std::string ToString(T v) {
     std::ostringstream ss;
     ss << v;
     return ss.str();
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ std::string ToString(T v) {
 
 
 template <>
-std::string ToString(hipMemcpyKind v) {
+inline std::string ToString(hipMemcpyKind v) {
     switch(v) {
     CASE_STR(hipMemcpyHostToHost);
     CASE_STR(hipMemcpyHostToDevice);
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ std::string ToString(hipMemcpyKind v) {
 
 
 template <>
-std::string ToString(hipError_t v) {
+inline std::string ToString(hipError_t v) {
     return ihipErrorString(v);
 };
 
 
 // Catch empty arguments case
-std::string ToString() {
+inline std::string ToString() {
     return ("");
 }
 
@@ -83,6 +83,6 @@ std::string ToString() {
 // C++11 variadic template - peels off first argument, converts to string, and calls itself again to peel the next arg.
 // Strings are automatically separated by comma+space.
 template <typename T, typename... Args> 
-std::string ToString(T first, Args... args) {
+inline std::string ToString(T first, Args... args) {
     return ToString(first) + ", " + ToString(args...) ;
 }