diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
index 73039949b5ce..5f8e4c2df53c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ bool alternative_is_applied(u16 cpufeature)
 /*
  * Check if the target PC is within an alternative block.
  */
-static bool branch_insn_requires_update(struct alt_instr *alt, unsigned long pc)
+static __always_inline bool branch_insn_requires_update(struct alt_instr *alt, unsigned long pc)
 {
 	unsigned long replptr = (unsigned long)ALT_REPL_PTR(alt);
 	return !(pc >= replptr && pc <= (replptr + alt->alt_len));
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static bool branch_insn_requires_update(struct alt_instr *alt, unsigned long pc)
 
 #define align_down(x, a)	((unsigned long)(x) & ~(((unsigned long)(a)) - 1))
 
-static u32 get_alt_insn(struct alt_instr *alt, __le32 *insnptr, __le32 *altinsnptr)
+static __always_inline u32 get_alt_insn(struct alt_instr *alt, __le32 *insnptr, __le32 *altinsnptr)
 {
 	u32 insn;
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static u32 get_alt_insn(struct alt_instr *alt, __le32 *insnptr, __le32 *altinsnp
 	return insn;
 }
 
-static void patch_alternative(struct alt_instr *alt,
+static noinstr void patch_alternative(struct alt_instr *alt,
 			      __le32 *origptr, __le32 *updptr, int nr_inst)
 {
 	__le32 *replptr;