diff --git a/accel/tcg/cputlb.c b/accel/tcg/cputlb.c
index e4d0c94301..a083324768 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/cputlb.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/cputlb.c
@@ -1413,9 +1413,9 @@ tcg_target_ulong helper_be_ldsl_mmu(CPUArchState *env, target_ulong addr,
  * Store Helpers
  */
 
-static void store_helper(CPUArchState *env, target_ulong addr, uint64_t val,
-                         TCGMemOpIdx oi, uintptr_t retaddr, size_t size,
-                         bool big_endian)
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+store_helper(CPUArchState *env, target_ulong addr, uint64_t val,
+             TCGMemOpIdx oi, uintptr_t retaddr, size_t size, bool big_endian)
 {
     uintptr_t mmu_idx = get_mmuidx(oi);
     uintptr_t index = tlb_index(env, mmu_idx, addr);
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ static void store_helper(CPUArchState *env, target_ulong addr, uint64_t val,
                 /* Little-endian extract.  */
                 val8 = val >> (i * 8);
             }
-            store_helper(env, addr + i, val8, oi, retaddr, 1, big_endian);
+            helper_ret_stb_mmu(env, addr + i, val8, oi, retaddr);
         }
         return;
     }