diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index 3b0938281541912aae9fbe94ae97f799a0b342e4..d8b01c7c9cd3fa4d2aa58a0048bb582f37f74870 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ __XCHG_CASE( ,  ,  mb_8, dmb ish, nop,  , a, l, "memory")
 #undef __XCHG_CASE
 
 #define __XCHG_GEN(sfx)							\
-static inline unsigned long __xchg##sfx(unsigned long x,		\
+static __always_inline  unsigned long __xchg##sfx(unsigned long x,	\
 					volatile void *ptr,		\
 					int size)			\
 {									\
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ __XCHG_GEN(_mb)
 #define xchg(...)		__xchg_wrapper( _mb, __VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define __CMPXCHG_GEN(sfx)						\
-static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg##sfx(volatile void *ptr,		\
+static __always_inline unsigned long __cmpxchg##sfx(volatile void *ptr,	\
 					   unsigned long old,		\
 					   unsigned long new,		\
 					   int size)			\
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ __CMPWAIT_CASE( ,  , 8);
 #undef __CMPWAIT_CASE
 
 #define __CMPWAIT_GEN(sfx)						\
-static inline void __cmpwait##sfx(volatile void *ptr,			\
+static __always_inline void __cmpwait##sfx(volatile void *ptr,		\
 				  unsigned long val,			\
 				  int size)				\
 {									\