diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_utildefines.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_utildefines.h
index 9ca90aa02d9..32375f1b4ce 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_utildefines.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_utildefines.h
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ behaviour, though it may not be the best in practice.
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #define BM_INLINE static __forceinline
 #else
-#define BM_INLINE static forceinline
+#define BM_INLINE static inline __attribute((always_inline))
 #endif
 
 #define BMEMSET(mem, val, size) {int _i; char *_c = mem; for (_i=0; _i<size; _i++) *_c++ = val;}