diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/ginvt.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/ginvt.h
index 49c6dbe37338..6eb7c2b94dc7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/ginvt.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/ginvt.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ _ASM_MACRO_1R1I(ginvt, rs, type,
 # define _ASM_SET_GINV
 #endif
 
-static inline void ginvt(unsigned long addr, enum ginvt_type type)
+static __always_inline void ginvt(unsigned long addr, enum ginvt_type type)
 {
 	asm volatile(
 		".set	push\n"