diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index c1418b47f625a25fc32d8b18852057dc48b6cc93..02bc5b8f1eb271c26571f951fe1b135190e75962 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module_param(lock_stat, int, 0644);
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, lockdep_recursion);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(lockdep_recursion);
 
-static inline bool lockdep_enabled(void)
+static __always_inline bool lockdep_enabled(void)
 {
 	if (!debug_locks)
 		return false;