diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 1df4b8cfe8..b7bbe46dc7 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2872,6 +2872,7 @@ virNodeSuspendGetTargetMask;
 virNumaGetAutoPlacementAdvice;
 virNumaGetDistances;
 virNumaGetHostMemoryNodeset;
+virNumaGetMaxCPUs;
 virNumaGetMaxNode;
 virNumaGetNodeCPUs;
 virNumaGetNodeMemory;
diff --git a/src/util/virnuma.h b/src/util/virnuma.h
index 45342ecf11..bc79bff891 100644
--- a/src/util/virnuma.h
+++ b/src/util/virnuma.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int virNumaGetNodeMemory(int node,
                          unsigned long long *memsize,
                          unsigned long long *memfree) G_GNUC_NO_INLINE;
 
-unsigned int virNumaGetMaxCPUs(void);
+unsigned int virNumaGetMaxCPUs(void) G_GNUC_NO_INLINE;
 
 int virNumaGetNodeCPUs(int node, virBitmap **cpus) G_GNUC_NO_INLINE;
 int virNumaNodesetToCPUset(virBitmap *nodeset,