diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.h b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.h
index 60f5f7480b17..d471b7f82519 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.h
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static inline void cal_write(struct cal_dev *cal, u32 offset, u32 val)
 	iowrite32(val, cal->base + offset);
 }
 
-static inline u32 cal_read_field(struct cal_dev *cal, u32 offset, u32 mask)
+static __always_inline u32 cal_read_field(struct cal_dev *cal, u32 offset, u32 mask)
 {
 	return FIELD_GET(mask, cal_read(cal, offset));
 }