diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
index ce4bbd918648..b38379f06194 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
@@ -114,12 +114,6 @@ the below options are available:
   To dynamically limit for which functions to generate reports, see the
   `DebugFS interface`_ blacklist/whitelist feature.
 
-  For ``__always_inline`` functions, replace ``__always_inline`` with
-  ``__no_kcsan_or_inline`` (which implies ``__always_inline``)::
-
-    static __no_kcsan_or_inline void foo(void) {
-        ...
-
 * To disable data race detection for a particular compilation unit, add to the
   ``Makefile``::
 
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
index 21aed0981edf..938249809511 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
@@ -193,10 +193,7 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
 
 #define __no_kcsan __no_sanitize_thread
 #ifdef __SANITIZE_THREAD__
-# define __no_kcsan_or_inline __no_kcsan notrace __maybe_unused
-# define __no_sanitize_or_inline __no_kcsan_or_inline
-#else
-# define __no_kcsan_or_inline __always_inline
+# define __no_sanitize_or_inline __no_kcsan notrace __maybe_unused
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __no_sanitize_or_inline