diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_intr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_intr.c
index c61f9da2964ab25a51bb686808ffaa3c4ceb1e33..8f3718c1694f0391fe81d117517f7e54309cb7f4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_intr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_intr.c
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ void ipath_clear_freeze(struct ipath_devdata *dd)
 
 /* this is separate to allow for better optimization of ipath_intr() */
 
-static void ipath_bad_intr(struct ipath_devdata *dd, u32 * unexpectp)
+static noinline void ipath_bad_intr(struct ipath_devdata *dd, u32 *unexpectp)
 {
 	/*
 	 * sometimes happen during driver init and unload, don't want
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static void ipath_bad_intr(struct ipath_devdata *dd, u32 * unexpectp)
 			  "ignoring\n");
 }
 
-static void ipath_bad_regread(struct ipath_devdata *dd)
+static noinline void ipath_bad_regread(struct ipath_devdata *dd)
 {
 	static int allbits;