diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.h b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.h
index 973edd4f1f0..5a9c6f52da7 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.h
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/nodeinstanceserver.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ QList<T>toList(const QSet<T> &set)
 
 #ifndef MULTILANGUAGE_TRANSLATIONPROVIDER
 namespace MultiLanguage {
-static QByteArray databaseFilePath()
+inline QByteArray databaseFilePath()
 {
     return {};
 }