diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/Hexagon/MCTargetDesc/HexagonMCCodeEmitter.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/Hexagon/MCTargetDesc/HexagonMCCodeEmitter.cpp
index 9211671bb630..75917e27eb0f 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/Hexagon/MCTargetDesc/HexagonMCCodeEmitter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/Hexagon/MCTargetDesc/HexagonMCCodeEmitter.cpp
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ unsigned HexagonMCCodeEmitter::getExprOpValue(const MCInst &MI,
   const MCInstrDesc &MCID = HexagonMCInstrInfo::getDesc(MCII, MI);
   unsigned FixupWidth = HexagonMCInstrInfo::getExtentBits(MCII, MI) -
                         HexagonMCInstrInfo::getExtentAlignment(MCII, MI);
-  HexagonMCExpr::VariantKind VarKind = getVariantKind(MCSRE);
+  auto VarKind = HexagonMCExpr::VariantKind(MCSRE->getSpecifier());
   unsigned Opc = MCID.getOpcode();
   unsigned IType = HexagonMCInstrInfo::getType(MCII, MI);
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/Hexagon/MCTargetDesc/HexagonMCExpr.h b/llvm/lib/Target/Hexagon/MCTargetDesc/HexagonMCExpr.h
index b22960efc372..a30d81536941 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/Hexagon/MCTargetDesc/HexagonMCExpr.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/Hexagon/MCTargetDesc/HexagonMCExpr.h
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ private:
   bool S27_2_reloc;
   bool SignMismatch;
 };
-
-static inline HexagonMCExpr::VariantKind
-getVariantKind(const MCSymbolRefExpr *SRE) {
-  return HexagonMCExpr::VariantKind(SRE->getKind());
-}
 } // end namespace llvm
 
 #endif // LLVM_LIB_TARGET_HEXAGON_HEXAGONMCEXPR_H