diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_32.h
index 7a1339533d1d7ec214cff5ec9c51f60803c1aac0..d0af82c240b7318fcde01a6fe613d6a611fe4540 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_32.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 unsigned long __xchg_u32(volatile u32 *m, u32 new);
 void __xchg_called_with_bad_pointer(void);
 
-static inline unsigned long __arch_xchg(unsigned long x, __volatile__ void * ptr, int size)
+static __always_inline unsigned long __arch_xchg(unsigned long x, __volatile__ void * ptr, int size)
 {
 	switch (size) {
 	case 4:
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_64.h
index 66cd61dde9ec1f0284a17037ec178fa5157a5411..3de25262c411803106a6f445e1a246ff6aee6c89 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_64.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ xchg16(__volatile__ unsigned short *m, unsigned short val)
 	return (load32 & mask) >> bit_shift;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long
+static __always_inline unsigned long
 __arch_xchg(unsigned long x, __volatile__ void * ptr, int size)
 {
 	switch (size) {