diff --git a/fearless_simd/src/generated/avx2.rs b/fearless_simd/src/generated/avx2.rs
index 7bae56354..425d46a11 100644
--- a/fearless_simd/src/generated/avx2.rs
+++ b/fearless_simd/src/generated/avx2.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ impl Simd for Avx2 {
     #[inline]
     fn vectorize<F: FnOnce() -> R, R>(self, f: F) -> R {
         #[target_feature(enable = "avx2,bmi1,bmi2,cmpxchg16b,f16c,fma,lzcnt,movbe,popcnt,xsave")]
-        #[inline]
         unsafe fn vectorize_avx2<F: FnOnce() -> R, R>(f: F) -> R {
             f()
         }
diff --git a/fearless_simd/src/generated/fallback.rs b/fearless_simd/src/generated/fallback.rs
index d13424ddf..dcf030769 100644
--- a/fearless_simd/src/generated/fallback.rs
+++ b/fearless_simd/src/generated/fallback.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ impl Simd for Fallback {
     }
     #[inline]
     fn vectorize<F: FnOnce() -> R, R>(self, f: F) -> R {
-        f()
+        fn vectorize_inner<F: FnOnce() -> R, R>(f: F) -> R {
+            f()
+        }
+        vectorize_inner(f)
     }
     #[inline(always)]
     fn splat_f32x4(self, val: f32) -> f32x4<Self> {
diff --git a/fearless_simd/src/generated/neon.rs b/fearless_simd/src/generated/neon.rs
index 625ad67c8..d571a637a 100644
--- a/fearless_simd/src/generated/neon.rs
+++ b/fearless_simd/src/generated/neon.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ impl Simd for Neon {
     #[inline]
     fn vectorize<F: FnOnce() -> R, R>(self, f: F) -> R {
         #[target_feature(enable = "neon")]
-        #[inline]
         unsafe fn vectorize_neon<F: FnOnce() -> R, R>(f: F) -> R {
             f()
         }
diff --git a/fearless_simd/src/generated/sse4_2.rs b/fearless_simd/src/generated/sse4_2.rs
index ca60398fe..cc4efd0df 100644
--- a/fearless_simd/src/generated/sse4_2.rs
+++ b/fearless_simd/src/generated/sse4_2.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ impl Simd for Sse4_2 {
     #[inline]
     fn vectorize<F: FnOnce() -> R, R>(self, f: F) -> R {
         #[target_feature(enable = "sse4.2,cmpxchg16b,popcnt")]
-        #[inline]
         unsafe fn vectorize_sse4_2<F: FnOnce() -> R, R>(f: F) -> R {
             f()
         }
diff --git a/fearless_simd/src/generated/wasm.rs b/fearless_simd/src/generated/wasm.rs
index eb893a79c..7730650f6 100644
--- a/fearless_simd/src/generated/wasm.rs
+++ b/fearless_simd/src/generated/wasm.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ impl Simd for WasmSimd128 {
     }
     #[inline]
     fn vectorize<F: FnOnce() -> R, R>(self, f: F) -> R {
-        f()
+        fn vectorize_inner<F: FnOnce() -> R, R>(f: F) -> R {
+            f()
+        }
+        vectorize_inner(f)
     }
     #[inline(always)]
     fn splat_f32x4(self, val: f32) -> f32x4<Self> {
diff --git a/fearless_simd_gen/src/level.rs b/fearless_simd_gen/src/level.rs
index 31e0b3fcb..0bfe06234 100644
--- a/fearless_simd_gen/src/level.rs
+++ b/fearless_simd_gen/src/level.rs
@@ -107,17 +107,26 @@ pub(crate) trait Level {
         let vectorize_body = if let Some(target_features) = self.enabled_target_features() {
             let vectorize = format_ident!("vectorize_{}", self.name().to_ascii_lowercase());
             quote! {
+                // This function is deliberately not marked #[inline]:
+                // The closure passed to it is already required to be #[inline(always)],
+                // so this wrapper is the only opportunity for the compiler to make inlining decisions.
                 #[target_feature(enable = #target_features)]
-                #[inline]
                 unsafe fn #vectorize<F: FnOnce() -> R, R>(f: F) -> R {
                     f()
                 }
                 unsafe { #vectorize(f) }
             }
         } else {
-            // If this SIMD level doesn't do runtime feature detection/enabling, just call the inner function as-is
+            // This SIMD level doesn't do runtime feature detection/enabling, so we could just call the passed closure as-is.
+            //
+            // But the inner function is required to be annotated `#[inline(always)]`,
+            // so we wrap it in a function that isn't `#[inline(always)]`
+            // to let the compiler make its own inlining decisions, as opposed to forcing it to inline everything.
             quote! {
-                f()
+                fn vectorize_inner<F: FnOnce() -> R, R>(f: F) -> R {
+                    f()
+                }
+                vectorize_inner(f)
             }
         };