diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-bugs64.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-bugs64.c
index bada74af7641bcaade341f60c33af4e4dc67c761..c04b97aace4ad991e04490cd4330dacf15c964a0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-bugs64.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-bugs64.c
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ static inline void align_mod(const int align, const int mod)
 		: "n"(align), "n"(mod));
 }
 
-static inline void mult_sh_align_mod(long *v1, long *v2, long *w,
-				     const int align, const int mod)
+static __always_inline void mult_sh_align_mod(long *v1, long *v2, long *w,
+					      const int align, const int mod)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int m1, m2;