diff --git a/make/mshadow.mk b/make/mshadow.mk
index 634f52b75c91..a586ee858f99 100644
--- a/make/mshadow.mk
+++ b/make/mshadow.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #  Add MSHADOW_NVCCFLAGS to the nvcc compile flags
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-MSHADOW_CFLAGS = -funroll-loops -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unknown-pragmas
+MSHADOW_CFLAGS = -funroll-loops -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-unused-local-typedefs
 MSHADOW_LDFLAGS = -lm
 MSHADOW_NVCCFLAGS =
 MKLROOT =
diff --git a/mshadow/dot_engine-inl.h b/mshadow/dot_engine-inl.h
index 32b6009da662..18f981dd7016 100644
--- a/mshadow/dot_engine-inl.h
+++ b/mshadow/dot_engine-inl.h
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ struct BLASEngine<gpu, double> {
 };
 #endif  // MSHADOW_USE_CUDA
 // helper function to decide which shape we are in
-inline static Shape<2> GetShape(const Shape<2> &shape, bool transpose) {
+inline Shape<2> GetShape(const Shape<2> &shape, bool transpose) {
   return transpose ? Shape2(shape[1], shape[0]) : shape;
 }
 // dst = dot(lhs[.T], rhs[.T])