diff --git a/runtime/compiler/p/codegen/J9TreeEvaluator.cpp b/runtime/compiler/p/codegen/J9TreeEvaluator.cpp
index 9b7fc24edbd..2b99b36b1ea 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler/p/codegen/J9TreeEvaluator.cpp
+++ b/runtime/compiler/p/codegen/J9TreeEvaluator.cpp
@@ -12174,6 +12174,10 @@ J9::Power::CodeGenerator::inlineDirectCall(TR::Node *node, TR::Register *&result
       resultReg = inlineSinglePrecisionFP(node, TR::InstOpCode::fsqrts, cg);
       return true;
       }
+   else if (OMR::CodeGeneratorConnector::inlineDirectCall(node, resultReg))
+      {
+      return true;
+      }
    else if (methodSymbol)
       {
       switch (methodSymbol->getRecognizedMethod())