diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index 408031a312c91e6339e6cfee636d9b6485aba94e..38f12a656d9cc7400346349bfddedd4ea7c97a64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static inline bool vmcb_is_dirty(struct vmcb *vmcb, int bit)
         return !test_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)&vmcb->control.clean);
 }
 
-static inline struct vcpu_svm *to_svm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static __always_inline struct vcpu_svm *to_svm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	return container_of(vcpu, struct vcpu_svm, vcpu);
 }