diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 80cca2b30c4fe02c1baca59b08c0cae158a7368e..8f0434a9951af00bce3f009c21ddbd3c5cd61e01 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6482,7 +6482,7 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
 		data->phys_addr = perf_virt_to_phys(data->addr);
 }
 
-static void __always_inline
+static __always_inline void
 __perf_event_output(struct perf_event *event,
 		    struct perf_sample_data *data,
 		    struct pt_regs *regs,