diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 9c143739b8d73f0c7982be06eb0e5cdb902bfc81..1f3580cee6cc771b532dd6897b33e89906c8861f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 	return event;
 }
 
-static struct ring_buffer_event *
+static __always_inline struct ring_buffer_event *
 rb_reserve_next_event(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 		      struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 		      unsigned long length)