diff --git a/base/HidlInternal.cpp b/base/HidlInternal.cpp
index 4f88be5..36ffae8 100644
--- a/base/HidlInternal.cpp
+++ b/base/HidlInternal.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 namespace hardware {
 namespace details {
 
-void hidl_log_base::logAlwaysFatal(const char *message) const {
+void logAlwaysFatal(const char *message) {
     LOG(FATAL) << message;
 }