diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_cabac.c b/libavcodec/h264_cabac.c
index 60048e0112..7b1ee05e3d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_cabac.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_cabac.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #define CABAC(h) 1
 #define UNCHECKED_BITSTREAM_READER 1
 
+#include "libavutil/attributes.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "cabac.h"
 #include "cabac_functions.h"
@@ -1740,26 +1741,30 @@ decode_cabac_residual_internal(H264Context *h, int16_t *block,
 
 }
 
-static void decode_cabac_residual_dc_internal(H264Context *h, int16_t *block,
-                                              int cat, int n,
-                                              const uint8_t *scantable,
-                                              int max_coeff)
+static av_noinline void decode_cabac_residual_dc_internal(H264Context *h,
+                                                          int16_t *block,
+                                                          int cat, int n,
+                                                          const uint8_t *scantable,
+                                                          int max_coeff)
 {
     decode_cabac_residual_internal(h, block, cat, n, scantable, NULL, max_coeff, 1, 0);
 }
 
-static void decode_cabac_residual_dc_internal_422(H264Context *h, int16_t *block,
-                                                  int cat, int n, const uint8_t *scantable,
-                                                  int max_coeff)
+static av_noinline void decode_cabac_residual_dc_internal_422(H264Context *h,
+                                                              int16_t *block,
+                                                              int cat, int n,
+                                                              const uint8_t *scantable,
+                                                              int max_coeff)
 {
     decode_cabac_residual_internal(h, block, cat, n, scantable, NULL, max_coeff, 1, 1);
 }
 
-static void decode_cabac_residual_nondc_internal(H264Context *h, int16_t *block,
-                                                 int cat, int n,
-                                                 const uint8_t *scantable,
-                                                 const uint32_t *qmul,
-                                                 int max_coeff)
+static av_noinline void decode_cabac_residual_nondc_internal(H264Context *h,
+                                                             int16_t *block,
+                                                             int cat, int n,
+                                                             const uint8_t *scantable,
+                                                             const uint32_t *qmul,
+                                                             int max_coeff)
 {
     decode_cabac_residual_internal(h, block, cat, n, scantable, qmul, max_coeff, 0, 0);
 }