diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 506c324d46b1b..59a051350f8f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -7171,9 +7171,10 @@ static fastpath_t vmx_exit_handlers_fastpath(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 }
 
 static noinstr void vmx_vcpu_enter_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
-					struct vcpu_vmx *vmx,
 					unsigned int flags)
 {
+	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
+
 	guest_state_enter_irqoff();
 
 	/* L1D Flush includes CPU buffer clear to mitigate MDS */
@@ -7291,7 +7292,7 @@ static fastpath_t vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
 
 	/* The actual VMENTER/EXIT is in the .noinstr.text section. */
-	vmx_vcpu_enter_exit(vcpu, vmx, __vmx_vcpu_run_flags(vmx));
+	vmx_vcpu_enter_exit(vcpu, __vmx_vcpu_run_flags(vmx));
 
 	/* All fields are clean at this point */
 	if (static_branch_unlikely(&enable_evmcs)) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
index bb720a2f11abd..2acdc54bc34b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
@@ -640,12 +640,12 @@ BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(tertiary_exec, TERTIARY_VM_EXEC_CONTROL, 64)
 				(1 << VCPU_EXREG_EXIT_INFO_1) | \
 				(1 << VCPU_EXREG_EXIT_INFO_2))
 
-static inline struct kvm_vmx *to_kvm_vmx(struct kvm *kvm)
+static __always_inline struct kvm_vmx *to_kvm_vmx(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	return container_of(kvm, struct kvm_vmx, kvm);
 }
 
-static inline struct vcpu_vmx *to_vmx(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static __always_inline struct vcpu_vmx *to_vmx(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	return container_of(vcpu, struct vcpu_vmx, vcpu);
 }