diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h
index 27016b98ecb2bc24aa82d9392330007307e0313d..8abe8e42e045cd5828139d4ea2d011c42e200e79 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static inline void assert_pte_locked(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_DEBUG_VM */
 
-static inline bool radix_enabled(void)
+static __always_inline bool radix_enabled(void)
 {
 	return mmu_has_feature(MMU_FTR_TYPE_RADIX);
 }