diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h b/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h
index aa9f104287438aa32c622d006d4d30794b9b220b..621fa8ac44257ced281590206b7dda37b818177f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
+
+#ifndef __always_inline
+#define __always_inline inline
+#endif