diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.h b/io_uring/io_uring.h
index 07fd185064d2..547c30582fb8 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.h
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.h
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ static inline bool io_get_cqe(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_uring_cqe **ret
 	return io_get_cqe_overflow(ctx, ret, false);
 }
 
-static inline bool io_fill_cqe_req(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_kiocb *req)
+static __always_inline bool io_fill_cqe_req(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
+					    struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	struct io_uring_cqe *cqe;