diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 641043dfc773..bb0daabe0ffe 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2763,7 +2763,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void schedule_tail(struct task_struct *prev)
 /*
  * context_switch - switch to the new MM and the new thread's register state.
  */
-static inline struct rq *
+static __always_inline struct rq *
 context_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev,
 	       struct task_struct *next)
 {