diff --git a/libraries/base/Data/List.hs b/libraries/base/Data/List.hs
index 4796055ddb2b2769adec6cde20ac3fdad6454f37..09aed9d324eb53d3873d993f56a5982717e600cd 100644
--- a/libraries/base/Data/List.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/Data/List.hs
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ insertBy cmp x ys@(y:ys')
 -- It is a special case of 'Data.List.maximumBy', which allows the
 -- programmer to supply their own comparison function.
 maximum                 :: (Ord a) => [a] -> a
-{-# NOINLINE [1] maximum #-}
+{-# INLINE [1] maximum #-}
 maximum []              =  errorEmptyList "maximum"
 maximum xs              =  foldl1 max xs
 
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ strictMaximum xs        =  foldl1' max xs
 -- It is a special case of 'Data.List.minimumBy', which allows the
 -- programmer to supply their own comparison function.
 minimum                 :: (Ord a) => [a] -> a
-{-# NOINLINE [1] minimum #-}
+{-# INLINE [1] minimum #-}
 minimum []              =  errorEmptyList "minimum"
 minimum xs              =  foldl1 min xs