diff --git a/crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c b/crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c
index 595b78672b36ad90e27cf50ed28126bb43970fb5..95fe2c8d6c516ea0325b9287df8775adb542cee7 100644
--- a/crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c
+++ b/crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c
@@ -30,11 +30,8 @@
 #include <linux/raid/xor.h>
 #include <linux/async_tx.h>
 
-/* do_async_xor - dma map the pages and perform the xor with an engine.
- * 	This routine is marked __always_inline so it can be compiled away
- * 	when CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE=n
- */
-static __always_inline struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
+/* do_async_xor - dma map the pages and perform the xor with an engine */
+static __async_inline struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
 do_async_xor(struct dma_chan *chan, struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
 	     unsigned int offset, int src_cnt, size_t len,
 	     enum async_tx_flags flags,
diff --git a/include/linux/async_tx.h b/include/linux/async_tx.h
index 45f6297821bd6c7afee48e247d8a25b027bc7445..5fc2ef8d97fac5851eb2d40f7b7e2d67a3be48e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/async_tx.h
+++ b/include/linux/async_tx.h
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 
+/* on architectures without dma-mapping capabilities we need to ensure
+ * that the asynchronous path compiles away
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DMA
+#define __async_inline
+#else
+#define __async_inline __always_inline
+#endif
+
 /**
  * dma_chan_ref - object used to manage dma channels received from the
  *   dmaengine core.