diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 8800faa8b4be..e9ca4f6f47d1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -3986,15 +3986,14 @@ int read_extent_buffer_pages(struct extent_buffer *eb, int mirror_num,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static bool report_eb_range(const struct extent_buffer *eb, unsigned long start,
-			    unsigned long len)
+/* Never inlined to decrease code size, as this is called in a cold path. */
+static noinline void report_eb_range(const struct extent_buffer *eb,
+				     unsigned long start, unsigned long len)
 {
 	btrfs_warn(eb->fs_info,
 		"access to eb bytenr %llu len %u out of range start %lu len %lu",
 		eb->start, eb->len, start, len);
 	DEBUG_WARN();
-
-	return true;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4010,8 +4009,10 @@ static inline bool check_eb_range(const struct extent_buffer *eb,
 	unsigned long offset;
 
 	/* start, start + len should not go beyond eb->len nor overflow */
-	if (unlikely(check_add_overflow(start, len, &offset) || offset > eb->len))
-		return report_eb_range(eb, start, len);
+	if (unlikely(check_add_overflow(start, len, &offset) || offset > eb->len)) {
+		report_eb_range(eb, start, len);
+		return true;
+	}
 
 	return false;
 }