diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/system.h b/include/asm-alpha/system.h
index cc9c7e8cced5..f3b7b1a59c56 100644
--- a/include/asm-alpha/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-alpha/system.h
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ __cmpxchg_u64(volatile long *m, unsigned long old, unsigned long new)
    if something tries to do an invalid cmpxchg().  */
 extern void __cmpxchg_called_with_bad_pointer(void);
 
-static inline unsigned long
+static __always_inline unsigned long
 __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old, unsigned long new, int size)
 {
 	switch (size) {