diff --git a/libavutil/mem.c b/libavutil/mem.c
index 36740f1154..6ad409daf4 100644
--- a/libavutil/mem.c
+++ b/libavutil/mem.c
@@ -181,6 +181,20 @@ int av_reallocp(void *ptr, size_t size)
     return 0;
 }
 
+void *av_malloc_array(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
+{
+    if (!size || nmemb >= INT_MAX / size)
+        return NULL;
+    return av_malloc(nmemb * size);
+}
+
+void *av_mallocz_array(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
+{
+    if (!size || nmemb >= INT_MAX / size)
+        return NULL;
+    return av_mallocz(nmemb * size);
+}
+
 void *av_realloc_array(void *ptr, size_t nmemb, size_t size)
 {
     if (!size || nmemb >= INT_MAX / size)
diff --git a/libavutil/mem.h b/libavutil/mem.h
index 527cd03191..49d4b1f2db 100644
--- a/libavutil/mem.h
+++ b/libavutil/mem.h
@@ -206,12 +206,7 @@ void *av_mallocz(size_t size) av_malloc_attrib av_alloc_size(1);
  *         be allocated
  * @see av_malloc()
  */
-av_alloc_size(1, 2) static inline void *av_malloc_array(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
-{
-    if (!size || nmemb >= INT_MAX / size)
-        return NULL;
-    return av_malloc(nmemb * size);
-}
+av_alloc_size(1, 2) void *av_malloc_array(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
 
 /**
  * Allocate a memory block for an array with av_mallocz().
@@ -226,12 +221,7 @@ av_alloc_size(1, 2) static inline void *av_malloc_array(size_t nmemb, size_t siz
  * @see av_mallocz()
  * @see av_malloc_array()
  */
-av_alloc_size(1, 2) static inline void *av_mallocz_array(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
-{
-    if (!size || nmemb >= INT_MAX / size)
-        return NULL;
-    return av_mallocz(nmemb * size);
-}
+av_alloc_size(1, 2) void *av_mallocz_array(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
 
 /**
  * Non-inlined equivalent of av_mallocz_array().