diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index 1d8ca9ea9979..d11f60cbe8ca 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ out:
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
-static bool __always_inline
+static __always_inline bool
 ring_buffer_has_space(unsigned long head, unsigned long tail,
 		      unsigned long data_size, unsigned int size,
 		      bool backward)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ ring_buffer_has_space(unsigned long head, unsigned long tail,
 		return CIRC_SPACE(tail, head, data_size) >= size;
 }
 
-static int __always_inline
+static __always_inline int
 __perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 		    struct perf_event *event, unsigned int size,
 		    bool backward)
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ err:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_aux_output_begin);
 
-static bool __always_inline rb_need_aux_wakeup(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+static __always_inline bool rb_need_aux_wakeup(struct ring_buffer *rb)
 {
 	if (rb->aux_overwrite)
 		return false;