diff --git a/src/bpf/tracexec_system.bpf.c b/src/bpf/tracexec_system.bpf.c
index e0d0dbea..0e26cb89 100644
--- a/src/bpf/tracexec_system.bpf.c
+++ b/src/bpf/tracexec_system.bpf.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int read_send_path(const struct path *path,
 #ifdef EBPF_DEBUG
 #define debug(...) bpf_printk("tracexec_system: " __VA_ARGS__);
 #else
-#define debug(...) bpf_printk("");
+#define debug(...)
 #endif
 
 bool should_trace(pid_t old_tgid) {
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static int read_fdset_word(u32 index, struct fdset_word_reader_context *ctx) {
 }
 
 // Gather information about a single fd and send it back to userspace
-static int _read_fd(unsigned int fd_num, struct file **fd_array,
+static __attribute__((always_inline)) int _read_fd(unsigned int fd_num, struct file **fd_array,
                     struct exec_event *event, bool cloexec) {
   if (event == NULL)
     return 1;