diff --git a/include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h b/include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h
index 739ba9a03ec1..20c0ff54b7a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h
+++ b/include/linux/tpm_eventlog.h
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ struct tcg_algorithm_info {
  * Return: size of the event on success, 0 on failure
  */
 
-static inline int __calc_tpm2_event_size(struct tcg_pcr_event2_head *event,
+static __always_inline int __calc_tpm2_event_size(struct tcg_pcr_event2_head *event,
 					 struct tcg_pcr_event *event_header,
 					 bool do_mapping)
 {