diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index ae19e33c7754..ecfa6cf79806 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ static inline unsigned int __xchg_small(volatile void *ptr, unsigned int val,
 	return (old32 & mask) >> shift;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long __xchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long x,
-				   int size)
+static __always_inline unsigned long
+__xchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long x, int size)
 {
 	switch (size) {
 	case 1:
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ static inline unsigned int __cmpxchg_small(volatile void *ptr, unsigned int old,
 	return (old32 & mask) >> shift;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
-				      unsigned long new, unsigned int size)
+static __always_inline unsigned long
+__cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old, unsigned long new, unsigned int size)
 {
 	switch (size) {
 	case 1: