--- a/include/asm-mips/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/system.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
if something tries to do an invalid xchg(). */
extern void __xchg_called_with_bad_pointer(void);
-static inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void * ptr, int size)
+static __always_inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void * ptr, int size)
{
switch (size) {
case 4: