diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/Utility/MVKBaseObject.h b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/Utility/MVKBaseObject.h
index 0f268f218..84fb292e0 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/Utility/MVKBaseObject.h
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/Utility/MVKBaseObject.h
@@ -225,10 +225,8 @@ static inline const MVKConfiguration& mvkGetMVKConfig(MVKBaseObject* mvkObj) {
 	return mvkObj ? mvkObj->getMVKConfig() : getGlobalMVKConfig();
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns the reporting level string associated with the specified MoltenVK log level.
- */
-static inline const char* mvkGetReportingLevelString(MVKConfigLogLevel logLevel) {
+/** Returns the reporting level string associated with the specified MoltenVK log level. */
+static constexpr char* mvkGetReportingLevelString(MVKConfigLogLevel logLevel) {
 	switch (logLevel) {
 		case MVK_CONFIG_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR:    return "mvk-error";
 		case MVK_CONFIG_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING:  return "mvk-warn";