diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index b52bd2b..6d5dc5d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct cyc2ns, cyc2ns);
 
-void cyc2ns_read_begin(struct cyc2ns_data *data)
+void __always_inline cyc2ns_read_begin(struct cyc2ns_data *data)
 {
 	int seq, idx;
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 	} while (unlikely(seq != this_cpu_read(cyc2ns.seq.sequence)));
 }
 
-void cyc2ns_read_end(void)
+void __always_inline cyc2ns_read_end(void)
 {
 	preempt_enable_notrace();
 }
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
  *                      -johnstul@us.ibm.com "math is hard, lets go shopping!"
  */
 
-static inline unsigned long long cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
+static __always_inline unsigned long long cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
 {
 	struct cyc2ns_data data;
 	unsigned long long ns;