diff --git a/src/ldo.c b/src/ldo.c
index ca775e5..086d174 100644
--- a/src/ldo.c
+++ b/src/ldo.c
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ l_sinline int precallC (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nresults,
 ** (so that it includes the function itself). Return the number of
 ** results, if it was a C function, or -1 for a Lua function.
 */
+__attribute__((yk_unroll_safe))
 int luaD_pretailcall (lua_State *L, CallInfo *ci, StkId func,
                                     int narg1, int delta) {
  retry:
@@ -597,6 +598,7 @@ int luaD_pretailcall (lua_State *L, CallInfo *ci, StkId func,
 ** returns NULL, with all the results on the stack, starting at the
 ** original function position.
 */
+__attribute__((yk_unroll_safe))
 CallInfo *luaD_precall (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nresults) {
  retry:
   switch (ttypetag(s2v(func))) {
diff --git a/src/lfunc.c b/src/lfunc.c
index 2906b3d..7438224 100644
--- a/src/lfunc.c
+++ b/src/lfunc.c
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ static void poptbclist (lua_State *L) {
 ** Close all upvalues and to-be-closed variables up to the given stack
 ** level. Return restored 'level'.
 */
+__attribute__((yk_unroll_safe))
 StkId luaF_close (lua_State *L, StkId level, int status, int yy) {
   ptrdiff_t levelrel = savestack(L, level);
   luaF_closeupval(L, level);  /* first, close the upvalues */
diff --git a/src/lvm.c b/src/lvm.c
index 73eb04d..e5dd3b0 100644
--- a/src/lvm.c
+++ b/src/lvm.c
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ static int floatforloop (StkId ra) {
 ** if 'slot' is NULL, 't' is not a table; otherwise, 'slot' points to
 ** t[k] entry (which must be empty).
 */
+__attribute__((yk_unroll_safe))
 void luaV_finishget (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key, StkId val,
                       const TValue *slot) {
   int loop;  /* counter to avoid infinite loops */