diff --git a/base/abstractarray.jl b/base/abstractarray.jl
index e2fa45a58c88e..d89102cc6a98a 100644
--- a/base/abstractarray.jl
+++ b/base/abstractarray.jl
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ end
 # To avoid invalidations from multidimensional.jl: getindex(A::Array, i1::Union{Integer, CartesianIndex}, I::Union{Integer, CartesianIndex}...)
 @propagate_inbounds getindex(A::Array, i1::Integer, I::Integer...) = A[to_indices(A, (i1, I...))...]
 
-unsafe_getindex(A::AbstractArray, I...) = @inbounds getindex(A, I...)
+@inline unsafe_getindex(A::AbstractArray, I...) = @inbounds getindex(A, I...)
 
 struct CanonicalIndexError <: Exception
     func::String