diff --git a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/BuiltinRootNode.java b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/BuiltinRootNode.java
index a7d3f80e1a7f..52d8b83d01c5 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/BuiltinRootNode.java
+++ b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/BuiltinRootNode.java
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ protected BuiltinRootNode(EnsoLanguage language) {
    * @return new node to use to call this builtin
    */
   public DirectCallNode createDirectCallNode() {
-    return DirectCallNode.create(cloneUninitialized().getCallTarget());
+    var callNode = DirectCallNode.create(cloneUninitialized().getCallTarget());
+    callNode.forceInlining();
+    return callNode;
   }
 
   /**