diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 2e30e9be7408..de084ece2136 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static bool nvme_dbbuf_update_and_check_event(u16 value, __le32 *dbbuf_db,
  * as it only leads to a small amount of wasted memory for the lifetime of
  * the I/O.
  */
-static int nvme_pci_npages_prp(void)
+static __always_inline int nvme_pci_npages_prp(void)
 {
 	unsigned max_bytes = (NVME_MAX_KB_SZ * 1024) + NVME_CTRL_PAGE_SIZE;
 	unsigned nprps = DIV_ROUND_UP(max_bytes, NVME_CTRL_PAGE_SIZE);