diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 316ded68fa06..9f0cdba4afe0 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1956,15 +1956,7 @@ static u64 cmp_next_hrtimer_event(u64 basem, u64 expires)
 	return DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL(nextevt, TICK_NSEC) * TICK_NSEC;
 }
 
-/**
- * get_next_timer_interrupt - return the time (clock mono) of the next timer
- * @basej:	base time jiffies
- * @basem:	base time clock monotonic
- *
- * Returns the tick aligned clock monotonic time of the next pending
- * timer or KTIME_MAX if no timer is pending.
- */
-u64 get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem)
+static inline u64 __get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem)
 {
 	struct timer_base *base = this_cpu_ptr(&timer_bases[BASE_STD]);
 	unsigned long nextevt = basej + NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA;
@@ -2023,6 +2015,19 @@ u64 get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem)
 	return cmp_next_hrtimer_event(basem, expires);
 }
 
+/**
+ * get_next_timer_interrupt() - return the time (clock mono) of the next timer
+ * @basej:	base time jiffies
+ * @basem:	base time clock monotonic
+ *
+ * Returns the tick aligned clock monotonic time of the next pending
+ * timer or KTIME_MAX if no timer is pending.
+ */
+u64 get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem)
+{
+	return __get_next_timer_interrupt(basej, basem);
+}
+
 /**
  * timer_clear_idle - Clear the idle state of the timer base
  *