diff --git a/engine/common/net_buffer.c b/engine/common/net_buffer.c
index 6526c386..69580a39 100644
--- a/engine/common/net_buffer.c
+++ b/engine/common/net_buffer.c
@@ -160,17 +160,6 @@ void MSG_InitMasks( void )
 		ExtraMasks[maskBit] = (uint)BIT( maskBit ) - 1;
 }
 
-void MSG_WriteOneBit( sizebuf_t *sb, int nValue )
-{
-	if( !MSG_Overflow( sb, 1 ))
-	{
-		if( nValue ) sb->pData[sb->iCurBit>>3] |= BIT( sb->iCurBit & 7 );
-		else sb->pData[sb->iCurBit>>3] &= ~BIT( sb->iCurBit & 7 );
-
-		sb->iCurBit++;
-	}
-}
-
 void MSG_WriteUBitLong( sizebuf_t *sb, uint curData, int numbits )
 {
 	Assert( numbits >= 0 && numbits <= 32 );
diff --git a/engine/common/net_buffer.h b/engine/common/net_buffer.h
index 12282d78..e278f737 100644
--- a/engine/common/net_buffer.h
+++ b/engine/common/net_buffer.h
@@ -173,7 +173,17 @@ void MSG_InitMasks( void );	// called once at startup engine
 void MSG_ExciseBits( sizebuf_t *sb, int startbit, int bitstoremove );
 
 // Bit-write functions
-void MSG_WriteOneBit( sizebuf_t *sb, int nValue );
+static inline void MSG_WriteOneBit( sizebuf_t *sb, int nValue )
+{
+	if( !MSG_Overflow( sb, 1 ))
+	{
+		if( nValue ) sb->pData[sb->iCurBit>>3] |= BIT( sb->iCurBit & 7 );
+		else sb->pData[sb->iCurBit>>3] &= ~BIT( sb->iCurBit & 7 );
+
+		sb->iCurBit++;
+	}
+}
+
 NO_ASAN void MSG_WriteUBitLong( sizebuf_t *sb, uint curData, int numbits );
 void MSG_WriteSBitLong( sizebuf_t *sb, int data, int numbits );
 void MSG_WriteBitLong( sizebuf_t *sb, uint data, int numbits, qboolean bSigned );