diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
index 7f88028a00c02..b2a60e0bcfd21 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ struct kunwind_consume_entry_data {
 	void *cookie;
 };
 
-static bool
+static __always_inline bool
 arch_kunwind_consume_entry(const struct kunwind_state *state, void *cookie)
 {
 	struct kunwind_consume_entry_data *data = cookie;