diff --git a/arch/openrisc/mm/cache.c b/arch/openrisc/mm/cache.c
index 08f56af387ac..534a52ec5e66 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/mm/cache.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 
-static void cache_loop(struct page *page, const unsigned int reg)
+static __always_inline void cache_loop(struct page *page, const unsigned int reg)
 {
 	unsigned long paddr = page_to_pfn(page) << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long line = paddr & ~(L1_CACHE_BYTES - 1);