diff --git a/src/backend/access/gin/ginutil.c b/src/backend/access/gin/ginutil.c
index a546cac18d3..d205093e21d 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gin/ginutil.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gin/ginutil.c
@@ -387,44 +387,6 @@ GinInitMetabuffer(Buffer b)
 		((char *) metadata + sizeof(GinMetaPageData)) - (char *) page;
 }
 
-/*
- * Compare two keys of the same index column
- */
-int
-ginCompareEntries(GinState *ginstate, OffsetNumber attnum,
-				  Datum a, GinNullCategory categorya,
-				  Datum b, GinNullCategory categoryb)
-{
-	/* if not of same null category, sort by that first */
-	if (categorya != categoryb)
-		return (categorya < categoryb) ? -1 : 1;
-
-	/* all null items in same category are equal */
-	if (categorya != GIN_CAT_NORM_KEY)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* both not null, so safe to call the compareFn */
-	return DatumGetInt32(FunctionCall2Coll(&ginstate->compareFn[attnum - 1],
-										   ginstate->supportCollation[attnum - 1],
-										   a, b));
-}
-
-/*
- * Compare two keys of possibly different index columns
- */
-int
-ginCompareAttEntries(GinState *ginstate,
-					 OffsetNumber attnuma, Datum a, GinNullCategory categorya,
-					 OffsetNumber attnumb, Datum b, GinNullCategory categoryb)
-{
-	/* attribute number is the first sort key */
-	if (attnuma != attnumb)
-		return (attnuma < attnumb) ? -1 : 1;
-
-	return ginCompareEntries(ginstate, attnuma, a, categorya, b, categoryb);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * Support for sorting key datums in ginExtractEntries
  *
diff --git a/src/include/access/gin_private.h b/src/include/access/gin_private.h
index b33f7cec5b4..e155045ce8a 100644
--- a/src/include/access/gin_private.h
+++ b/src/include/access/gin_private.h
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@ extern Buffer GinNewBuffer(Relation index);
 extern void GinInitBuffer(Buffer b, uint32 f);
 extern void GinInitPage(Page page, uint32 f, Size pageSize);
 extern void GinInitMetabuffer(Buffer b);
-extern int	ginCompareEntries(GinState *ginstate, OffsetNumber attnum,
-							  Datum a, GinNullCategory categorya,
-							  Datum b, GinNullCategory categoryb);
-extern int	ginCompareAttEntries(GinState *ginstate,
-								 OffsetNumber attnuma, Datum a, GinNullCategory categorya,
-								 OffsetNumber attnumb, Datum b, GinNullCategory categoryb);
 extern Datum *ginExtractEntries(GinState *ginstate, OffsetNumber attnum,
 								Datum value, bool isNull,
 								int32 *nentries, GinNullCategory **categories);
@@ -502,6 +496,44 @@ ginCompareItemPointers(ItemPointer a, ItemPointer b)
 	return pg_cmp_u64(ia, ib);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Compare two keys of the same index column
+ */
+static inline int
+ginCompareEntries(GinState *ginstate, OffsetNumber attnum,
+				  Datum a, GinNullCategory categorya,
+				  Datum b, GinNullCategory categoryb)
+{
+	/* if not of same null category, sort by that first */
+	if (categorya != categoryb)
+		return (categorya < categoryb) ? -1 : 1;
+
+	/* all null items in same category are equal */
+	if (categorya != GIN_CAT_NORM_KEY)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* both not null, so safe to call the compareFn */
+	return DatumGetInt32(FunctionCall2Coll(&ginstate->compareFn[attnum - 1],
+										   ginstate->supportCollation[attnum - 1],
+										   a, b));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Compare two keys of possibly different index columns
+ */
+static inline int
+ginCompareAttEntries(GinState *ginstate,
+					 OffsetNumber attnuma, Datum a, GinNullCategory categorya,
+					 OffsetNumber attnumb, Datum b, GinNullCategory categoryb)
+{
+	/* attribute number is the first sort key */
+	if (attnuma != attnumb)
+		return (attnuma < attnumb) ? -1 : 1;
+
+	return ginCompareEntries(ginstate, attnuma, a, categorya, b, categoryb);
+
+}
+
 extern int	ginTraverseLock(Buffer buffer, bool searchMode);
 
 #endif							/* GIN_PRIVATE_H */