diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index 89e9fb7976fe61e3671100f7d2dae00b3d59bb5f..895f91b9e89c3cbf2186c064d4cccec36491a3e5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -146,8 +146,9 @@ static inline unsigned long __xchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long x,
 extern unsigned long __cmpxchg_small(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
 				     unsigned long new, unsigned int size);
 
-static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
-				      unsigned long new, unsigned int size)
+static __always_inline
+unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
+			unsigned long new, unsigned int size)
 {
 	switch (size) {
 	case 1: