diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h b/lib/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h
index e80686cca..42660e1e0 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static void ZSTD_safecopyLiterals(BYTE* op, BYTE const* ip, BYTE const* const ie
  *  `mlBase` : matchLength - MINMATCH
  *  Allowed to overread literals up to litLimit.
 */
-MEM_STATIC void ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore_t* seqStorePtr, size_t litLength, const BYTE* literals, const BYTE* litLimit, U32 offCode, size_t mlBase)
+HINT_INLINE void ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore_t* seqStorePtr, size_t litLength, const BYTE* literals, const BYTE* litLimit, U32 offCode, size_t mlBase)
 {
     BYTE const* const litLimit_w = litLimit - WILDCOPY_OVERLENGTH;
     BYTE const* const litEnd = literals + litLength;