diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
index 34de69b3b8bad..5df38332e4139 100644
--- a/include/linux/memblock.h
+++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ phys_addr_t memblock_alloc_range_nid(phys_addr_t size,
 				      phys_addr_t end, int nid, bool exact_nid);
 phys_addr_t memblock_phys_alloc_try_nid(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align, int nid);
 
-static inline phys_addr_t memblock_phys_alloc(phys_addr_t size,
-					      phys_addr_t align)
+static __always_inline phys_addr_t memblock_phys_alloc(phys_addr_t size,
+						       phys_addr_t align)
 {
 	return memblock_phys_alloc_range(size, align, 0,
 					 MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE);