diff --git a/zerocopy/src/layout.rs b/zerocopy/src/layout.rs
index 6eff4ee09d..d58786d637 100644
--- a/zerocopy/src/layout.rs
+++ b/zerocopy/src/layout.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ impl SizeInfo {
     /// Attempts to create a `SizeInfo` from `Self` in which `elem_size` is a
     /// `NonZeroUsize`. If `elem_size` is 0, returns `None`.
     #[allow(unused)]
+    #[cfg_attr(not(zerocopy_inline_always), inline)]
     #[cfg_attr(zerocopy_inline_always, inline(always))]
     const fn try_to_nonzero_elem_size(&self) -> Option<SizeInfo<NonZeroUsize>> {
         Some(match *self {
diff --git a/zerocopy/src/util/mod.rs b/zerocopy/src/util/mod.rs
index fedd8ff679..bd0d83e78c 100644
--- a/zerocopy/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/zerocopy/src/util/mod.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_aligned_to<T: AsAddress, U>(t: T) -> Result<(), Alignment
     // Ensures that we add the minimum required padding.
     kani::ensures(|&p| p < align.get()),
 )]
+#[cfg_attr(not(zerocopy_inline_always), inline)]
 #[cfg_attr(zerocopy_inline_always, inline(always))]
 pub(crate) const fn padding_needed_for(len: usize, align: NonZeroUsize) -> usize {
     #[cfg(kani)]
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ pub(crate) const fn round_down_to_next_multiple_of_alignment(
     n & mask
 }
 
+#[cfg_attr(not(zerocopy_inline_always), inline)]
 #[cfg_attr(zerocopy_inline_always, inline(always))]
 pub(crate) const fn max(a: NonZeroUsize, b: NonZeroUsize) -> NonZeroUsize {
     if a.get() < b.get() {
@@ -261,6 +263,7 @@ pub(crate) const fn max(a: NonZeroUsize, b: NonZeroUsize) -> NonZeroUsize {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg_attr(not(zerocopy_inline_always), inline)]
 #[cfg_attr(zerocopy_inline_always, inline(always))]
 pub(crate) const fn min(a: NonZeroUsize, b: NonZeroUsize) -> NonZeroUsize {
     if a.get() > b.get() {