diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-device.h b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
index c9b1593923f6..ffb69da3ce9e 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-device.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-device.h
@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ void v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(struct v4l2_subdev *sd);
 int __must_check
 v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
 
+/* Send a notification to v4l2_device. */
+static inline void v4l2_subdev_notify(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
+				      unsigned int notification, void *arg)
+{
+	if (sd && sd->v4l2_dev && sd->v4l2_dev->notify)
+		sd->v4l2_dev->notify(sd, notification, arg);
+}
+
 /* Iterate over all subdevs. */
 #define v4l2_device_for_each_subdev(sd, v4l2_dev)			\
 	list_for_each_entry(sd, &(v4l2_dev)->subdevs, list)
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h b/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
index 28f4d8c3cf7d..ee1cb2d354a8 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
@@ -691,11 +691,6 @@ void v4l2_subdev_init(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 	(!(sd) ? -ENODEV : (((sd)->ops->o && (sd)->ops->o->f) ?	\
 		(sd)->ops->o->f((sd) , ##args) : -ENOIOCTLCMD))
 
-/* Send a notification to v4l2_device. */
-#define v4l2_subdev_notify(sd, notification, arg)			   \
-	((!(sd) || !(sd)->v4l2_dev || !(sd)->v4l2_dev->notify) ? -ENODEV : \
-	 (sd)->v4l2_dev->notify((sd), (notification), (arg)))
-
 #define v4l2_subdev_has_op(sd, o, f) \
 	((sd)->ops->o && (sd)->ops->o->f)