diff --git a/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c b/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c
index a2909af4b924..7938d3c4901d 100644
--- a/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c
+++ b/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static __always_inline int do_coarse(const struct vdso_data *vd, clockid_t clk,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static __maybe_unused int
+static __always_inline int
 __cvdso_clock_gettime_common(const struct vdso_data *vd, clockid_t clock,
 			     struct __kernel_timespec *ts)
 {