diff --git a/changes/bug19903 b/changes/bug19903
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33aa8789d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug19903
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
+    - Remove an inappropriate "inline" in tortls.c that was causing warnings
+      on older versions of GCC. Fixes bug 19903; 0.2.8.1-alpha.
+
diff --git a/src/common/tortls.c b/src/common/tortls.c
index b68f5dfcd..9507bb76e 100644
--- a/src/common/tortls.c
+++ b/src/common/tortls.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ tor_tls_allocate_tor_tls_object_ex_data_index(void)
 
 /** Helper: given a SSL* pointer, return the tor_tls_t object using that
  * pointer. */
-STATIC inline tor_tls_t *
+STATIC tor_tls_t *
 tor_tls_get_by_ssl(const SSL *ssl)
 {
   tor_tls_t *result = SSL_get_ex_data(ssl, tor_tls_object_ex_data_index);