diff --git a/win32ss/user/rtl/text.c b/win32ss/user/rtl/text.c
index 6456065b5da..061e49b6d5e 100644
--- a/win32ss/user/rtl/text.c
+++ b/win32ss/user/rtl/text.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static void TEXT_PathEllipsify (HDC hdc, WCHAR *str, unsigned int max_len,
 }
 
 /* Check the character is Chinese, Japanese, Korean and/or Thai */
-inline BOOL IsCJKT(WCHAR wch)
+FORCEINLINE BOOL IsCJKT(WCHAR wch)
 {
     if (0x0E00 <= wch && wch <= 0x0E7F)
         return TRUE;    /* Thai */