diff --git a/kernel/arm64/iamax_thunderx2t99.c b/kernel/arm64/iamax_thunderx2t99.c
index bc5f3c3ca..7a75223aa 100644
--- a/kernel/arm64/iamax_thunderx2t99.c
+++ b/kernel/arm64/iamax_thunderx2t99.c
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ extern int blas_level1_thread_with_return_value(int mode, BLASLONG m, BLASLONG n
 #endif
 
 
-static BLASLONG iamax_compute(BLASLONG n, FLOAT *x, BLASLONG inc_x)
+static BLASLONG __attribute__((noinline)) iamax_compute(BLASLONG n, FLOAT *x,
+								BLASLONG inc_x)
 {
 	BLASLONG index = 0;