diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qendian.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qendian.cpp
index 5e46109dd11..1436316ac18 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qendian.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qendian.cpp
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ size_t simdSwapLoop(const uchar *, size_t, uchar *) noexcept
 }
 #endif
 
-template <typename T> static Q_ALWAYS_INLINE
+template <typename T> Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static
 void *bswapLoop(const uchar *src, size_t n, uchar *dst) noexcept
 {
     // Buffers cannot partially overlap: either they're identical or totally
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qproperty_p.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qproperty_p.h
index 8ef26babc00..a0b97187d41 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qproperty_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qproperty_p.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct QPropertyBindingDataPointer
         d = reinterpret_cast<quintptr>(observer);
     }
     static void fixupAfterMove(QtPrivate::QPropertyBindingData *ptr);
-    void Q_ALWAYS_INLINE addObserver(QPropertyObserver *observer);
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE void addObserver(QPropertyObserver *observer);
     inline void setFirstObserver(QPropertyObserver *observer);
     inline QPropertyObserverPointer firstObserver() const;
     static QPropertyProxyBindingData *proxyData(QtPrivate::QPropertyBindingData *ptr);
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ public:
 
     bool evaluateRecursive(PendingBindingObserverList &bindingObservers, QBindingStatus *status = nullptr);
 
-    bool Q_ALWAYS_INLINE evaluateRecursive_inline(PendingBindingObserverList &bindingObservers, QBindingStatus *status);
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE bool evaluateRecursive_inline(PendingBindingObserverList &bindingObservers, QBindingStatus *status);
 
     void notifyNonRecursive(const PendingBindingObserverList &bindingObservers);
     enum NotificationState : bool { Delayed, Sent };
diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsoncbor.cpp b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsoncbor.cpp
index a2aec8066ed..48cd717cf32 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsoncbor.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsoncbor.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static QString encodeTag(const QCborContainerPrivate *d)
     return s;
 }
 
-static Q_NEVER_INLINE QString makeString(const QCborContainerPrivate *d, qsizetype idx,
+Q_NEVER_INLINE static QString makeString(const QCborContainerPrivate *d, qsizetype idx,
                                          ConversionMode mode)
 {
     const auto &e = d->elements.at(idx);
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qanystringview.h b/src/corelib/text/qanystringview.h
index 34cf3e66a86..4b89fa6edbf 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qanystringview.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qanystringview.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public:
     inline constexpr QAnyStringView(QLatin1StringView str) noexcept;
 
     template <typename Container, if_compatible_container<Container> = true>
-    constexpr Q_ALWAYS_INLINE QAnyStringView(const Container &c) noexcept
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE constexpr QAnyStringView(const Container &c) noexcept
         : QAnyStringView(std::data(c), QtPrivate::lengthHelperContainer(c)) {}
 
     template <typename Container, if_convertible_to<QString, Container> = true>
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_tools.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_tools.cpp
index cf111e9ecab..ec022c786de 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qlocale_tools.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qlocale_tools.cpp
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ QSimpleParsedNumber<qlonglong> qstrntoll(const char *begin, qsizetype size, int
 }
 
 template <typename Char>
-static Q_ALWAYS_INLINE void qulltoString_helper(qulonglong number, int base, Char *&p)
+Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static void qulltoString_helper(qulonglong number, int base, Char *&p)
 {
     // Performance-optimized code. Compiler can generate faster code when base is known.
     switch (base) {
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
index 40987ee3ec3..79d3c544f30 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static constexpr bool UseAvx2 = UseSse4_1 &&
         (qCompilerCpuFeatures & CpuFeatureArchHaswell) == CpuFeatureArchHaswell;
 
 [[maybe_unused]]
-static Q_ALWAYS_INLINE __m128i mm_load8_zero_extend(const void *ptr)
+Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static __m128i mm_load8_zero_extend(const void *ptr)
 {
     const __m128i *dataptr = static_cast<const __m128i *>(ptr);
     if constexpr (UseSse4_1) {
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstringalgorithms.h b/src/corelib/text/qstringalgorithms.h
index 7b80352eec8..404eb79e70c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstringalgorithms.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstringalgorithms.h
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace QtPrivate {
 [[nodiscard]] Q_CORE_EXPORT Q_DECL_PURE_FUNCTION bool isLatin1(QStringView   s) noexcept;
 [[nodiscard]] Q_CORE_EXPORT Q_DECL_PURE_FUNCTION bool isValidUtf16(QStringView s) noexcept;
 
-template <typename Char, size_t N> [[nodiscard]] constexpr Q_ALWAYS_INLINE
+template <typename Char, size_t N> [[nodiscard]] Q_ALWAYS_INLINE constexpr
 qsizetype lengthHelperContainerLoop(const Char (&str)[N])
 {
 #if defined(__cpp_lib_constexpr_algorithms) && defined(Q_CC_GNU_ONLY)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ qsizetype lengthHelperContainerLoop(const Char (&str)[N])
 #endif
 }
 
-template <typename Char, size_t N> [[nodiscard]] constexpr Q_ALWAYS_INLINE
+template <typename Char, size_t N> [[nodiscard]] Q_ALWAYS_INLINE constexpr
 std::enable_if_t<sizeof(Char) == sizeof(char16_t), qsizetype>
 lengthHelperContainer(const Char (&str)[N])
 {
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.cpp
index 74881f5986b..1c51cf80c20 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ enum { Endian = 0, Data = 1 };
 static const uchar utf8bom[] = { 0xef, 0xbb, 0xbf };
 
 #if defined(__SSE2__) || defined(__ARM_NEON__)
-static Q_ALWAYS_INLINE uint qBitScanReverse(unsigned v) noexcept
+Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static uint qBitScanReverse(unsigned v) noexcept
 {
 #if defined(__cpp_lib_int_pow2) && __cpp_lib_int_pow2 >= 202002L
      return std::bit_width(v) - 1;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static Q_ALWAYS_INLINE uint qBitScanReverse(unsigned v) noexcept
 #endif
 
 #if defined(__SSE2__)
-template <QCpuFeatureType Cpu = _compilerCpuFeatures> static Q_ALWAYS_INLINE bool
+template <QCpuFeatureType Cpu = _compilerCpuFeatures> Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static bool
 simdEncodeAscii(uchar *&dst, const char16_t *&nextAscii, const char16_t *&src, const char16_t *end)
 {
     size_t sizeBytes = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(end) - reinterpret_cast<const char *>(src);
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ simdEncodeAscii(uchar *&dst, const char16_t *&nextAscii, const char16_t *&src, c
     return src == end;
 }
 
-template <QCpuFeatureType Cpu = _compilerCpuFeatures> static Q_ALWAYS_INLINE bool
+template <QCpuFeatureType Cpu = _compilerCpuFeatures> Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static bool
 simdDecodeAscii(char16_t *&dst, const uchar *&nextAscii, const uchar *&src, const uchar *end)
 {
     // do sixteen characters at a time
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstringliteral.h b/src/corelib/text/qstringliteral.h
index 429d9c02ad5..11fa0794deb 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstringliteral.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstringliteral.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ using QStringPrivate = QArrayDataPointer<char16_t>;
 
 namespace QtPrivate {
 template <qsizetype N>
-static Q_ALWAYS_INLINE QStringPrivate qMakeStringPrivate(const char16_t (&literal)[N])
+Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static QStringPrivate qMakeStringPrivate(const char16_t (&literal)[N])
 {
     // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-const-cast)
     auto str = const_cast<char16_t *>(literal);
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstringview.h b/src/corelib/text/qstringview.h
index 719a8e0b81f..c63ff6fbea1 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstringview.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstringview.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public:
 #endif
 
     template <typename Container, if_compatible_container<Container> = true>
-    constexpr Q_ALWAYS_INLINE QStringView(const Container &c) noexcept
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE constexpr QStringView(const Container &c) noexcept
         : QStringView(std::data(c), QtPrivate::lengthHelperContainer(c)) {}
 
     template <typename Char, size_t Size, if_compatible_char<Char> = true>
diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qyieldcpu.h b/src/corelib/thread/qyieldcpu.h
index c30374f005a..310f2cacc5a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/thread/qyieldcpu.h
+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qyieldcpu.h
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ void _mm_pause(void);       // the compiler recognizes as intrinsic
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
+Q_ALWAYS_INLINE
 #ifdef Q_CC_GNU
 __attribute__((artificial))
 #endif
-Q_ALWAYS_INLINE void qYieldCpu(void) Q_DECL_NOEXCEPT;
+void qYieldCpu(void) Q_DECL_NOEXCEPT;
 
 void qYieldCpu(void)
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp
index 46e4af37b0f..00af0c0b66e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qbitarray.cpp
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static QBitArray sizedForOverwrite(const QBitArray &a1, const QBitArray &a2)
     return result;
 }
 
-template <typename BitwiseOp> static Q_NEVER_INLINE
+template <typename BitwiseOp> Q_NEVER_INLINE static
 QBitArray &performBitwiseOperationHelper(QBitArray &out, const QBitArray &a1,
                                          const QBitArray &a2, BitwiseOp op)
 {
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ QBitArray &performBitwiseOperationHelper(QBitArray &out, const QBitArray &a1,
     return out;
 }
 
-template <typename BitwiseOp> static Q_NEVER_INLINE
+template <typename BitwiseOp> Q_NEVER_INLINE static
 QBitArray &performBitwiseOperationInCopy(QBitArray &self, const QBitArray &other, BitwiseOp op)
 {
     QBitArray tmp(std::move(self));
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ QBitArray &performBitwiseOperationInCopy(QBitArray &self, const QBitArray &other
     return performBitwiseOperationHelper(self, tmp, other, op);
 }
 
-template <typename BitwiseOp> static Q_NEVER_INLINE
+template <typename BitwiseOp> Q_NEVER_INLINE static
 QBitArray &performBitwiseOperationInPlace(QBitArray &self, const QBitArray &other, BitwiseOp op)
 {
     if (self.size() < other.size())
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qhash.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qhash.cpp
index 3e756bdb478..f5d89f732ae 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qhash.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qhash.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct HashSeedStorage
     }
 
 private:
-    Q_DECL_COLD_FUNCTION Q_NEVER_INLINE StateResult initialize(int which) noexcept;
+    Q_NEVER_INLINE Q_DECL_COLD_FUNCTION StateResult initialize(int which) noexcept;
 };
 
 [[maybe_unused]] HashSeedStorage::StateResult HashSeedStorage::initialize(int which) noexcept
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ namespace {
     }
 
     // hash 16 bytes, running 3 scramble rounds of AES on itself (like label "final1")
-    static void Q_ALWAYS_INLINE QT_FUNCTION_TARGET(AES) QT_VECTORCALL
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static void QT_FUNCTION_TARGET(AES) QT_VECTORCALL
     hash16bytes(__m128i &state0, __m128i data)
     {
         state0 = _mm_xor_si128(state0, data);
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_avx2.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_avx2.cpp
index 967abb8b66e..8bc49f42ab5 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_avx2.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_avx2.cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ void qt_blend_rgb32_on_rgb32_avx2(uchar *destPixels, int dbpl,
     }
 }
 
-static Q_NEVER_INLINE
+Q_NEVER_INLINE static
 void Q_DECL_VECTORCALL qt_memfillXX_avx2(uchar *dest, __m256i value256, qsizetype bytes)
 {
     __m128i value128 = _mm256_castsi256_si128(value256);
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_sse2.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_sse2.cpp
index 79590534f31..4c38e6e4f91 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_sse2.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_sse2.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void QT_FASTCALL comp_func_Source_sse2(uint *dst, const uint *src, int length, u
 }
 
 #ifndef __haswell__
-static Q_NEVER_INLINE
+Q_NEVER_INLINE static
 void Q_DECL_VECTORCALL qt_memfillXX_aligned(void *dest, __m128i value128, quintptr bytecount)
 {
     __m128i *dst128 = reinterpret_cast<__m128i *>(dest);
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpixellayout.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qpixellayout.cpp
index cfe26d6c5d7..cfb58221070 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpixellayout.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpixellayout.cpp
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static const QRgba64 *QT_FASTCALL fetchRGBToRGB64(QRgba64 *buffer, const uchar *
 }
 
 template<QImage::Format Format>
-static Q_ALWAYS_INLINE QRgbaFloat32 convertPixelToRGB32F(uint s)
+Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static QRgbaFloat32 convertPixelToRGB32F(uint s)
 {
     return QRgbaFloat32::fromArgb32(convertPixelToRGB32<Format>(s));
 }
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ static const QRgba64 *QT_FASTCALL fetchARGBPMToRGBA64PM(QRgba64 *buffer, const u
 }
 
 template<QImage::Format Format>
-static Q_ALWAYS_INLINE QRgbaFloat32 convertPixelToRGBA32F(uint s)
+Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static QRgbaFloat32 convertPixelToRGBA32F(uint s)
 {
     return QRgbaFloat32::fromArgb32(convertPixelToARGB32PM<Format>(s));
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qrgba64.h b/src/gui/painting/qrgba64.h
index 9c0c2103200..1cc6aabcbdd 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qrgba64.h
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qrgba64.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class QRgba64 {
 #endif
     };
 
-    explicit Q_ALWAYS_INLINE constexpr QRgba64(quint64 c) : rgba(c) { }
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE explicit constexpr QRgba64(quint64 c) : rgba(c) { }
 public:
     QRgba64() = default;
 
@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ public:
     }
 
 private:
-    static constexpr Q_ALWAYS_INLINE quint64 alphaMask() { return Q_UINT64_C(0xffff) << AlphaShift; }
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static constexpr quint64 alphaMask() { return Q_UINT64_C(0xffff) << AlphaShift; }
 
-    static constexpr Q_ALWAYS_INLINE quint8 div_257_floor(uint x) { return quint8((x - (x >> 8)) >> 8); }
-    static constexpr Q_ALWAYS_INLINE quint8 div_257(quint16 x) { return div_257_floor(x + 128U); }
-    constexpr Q_ALWAYS_INLINE QRgba64 unpremultiplied_32bit() const
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static constexpr quint8 div_257_floor(uint x) { return quint8((x - (x >> 8)) >> 8); }
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE static constexpr quint8 div_257(quint16 x) { return div_257_floor(x + 128U); }
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE constexpr QRgba64 unpremultiplied_32bit() const
     {
         if (isOpaque() || isTransparent())
             return *this;
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ private:
         const quint16 b = quint16((blue()  * 0xffff + a/2) / a);
         return fromRgba64(r, g, b, quint16(a));
     }
-    constexpr Q_ALWAYS_INLINE QRgba64 unpremultiplied_64bit() const
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE constexpr QRgba64 unpremultiplied_64bit() const
     {
         if (isOpaque() || isTransparent())
             return *this;
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qrgbafloat.h b/src/gui/painting/qrgbafloat.h
index f481b285f67..5da8f1fe764 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qrgbafloat.h
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qrgbafloat.h
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ public:
     constexpr quint16 blue16()  const { return qRound(blueNormalized()  * FastType(65535.0f)); }
     constexpr quint16 alpha16() const { return qRound(alphaNormalized() * FastType(65535.0f)); }
 
-    constexpr Q_ALWAYS_INLINE QRgbaFloat premultiplied() const
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE constexpr QRgbaFloat premultiplied() const
     {
         return QRgbaFloat{r * a, g * a, b * a, a};
     }
-    constexpr Q_ALWAYS_INLINE QRgbaFloat unpremultiplied() const
+    Q_ALWAYS_INLINE constexpr QRgbaFloat unpremultiplied() const
     {
         if (a <= F{0.0f})
             return QRgbaFloat{};    // default-initialization: zeroes