diff --git a/artiq/compiler/inline.py b/artiq/compiler/inline.py
index 991861a8d..516a0447e 100644
--- a/artiq/compiler/inline.py
+++ b/artiq/compiler/inline.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ _UserVariable = namedtuple("_UserVariable", "name")
 
 class _ReferenceManager:
 	def __init__(self):
-		# (id(obj), funcname, local) -> _UserVariable(name) / constant_object
+		# (id(obj), funcname, local) -> _UserVariable(name) / ast / constant_object
 		self.to_inlined = dict()
 		# inlined_name -> use_count
 		self.use_count = dict()
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ class _ReferenceManager:
 			else:
 				if isinstance(ival, _UserVariable):
 					return ast.Name(ival.name, ref.ctx)
+				elif isinstance(ival, ast.AST):
+					assert(not store)
+					return ival
 				else:
 					if store:
 						raise NotImplementedError("Cannot turn object into user variable")
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ class _ReferenceManager:
 			in self.to_inlined.items()
 			if objid == id(r_obj)
 				and funcname == r_funcname
-				and not isinstance(v, _UserVariable)}
+				and not isinstance(v, (_UserVariable, ast.AST))}
 
 _embeddable_calls = {
 	units.Quantity,
@@ -122,21 +125,39 @@ class _ReferenceReplacer(ast.NodeTransformer):
 		calldict.update(self.module.__dict__)
 		func = eval_ast(node.func, calldict)
 
+		new_args = [self.visit(arg) for arg in node.args]
+
 		if func in _embeddable_calls:
 			new_func = ast.Name(func.__name__, ast.Load())
-			new_args = [self.visit(arg) for arg in node.args]
 			return ast.Call(func=new_func, args=new_args,
 				keywords=[], starargs=None, kwargs=None)
 		elif hasattr(func, "k_function_info"):
-			print(func.k_function_info)
-			# TODO: inline called kernel
-			return node
+			args = [func.__self__] + new_args
+			inlined, _ = inline(func.k_function_info.k_function, args, dict(), self.rm)
+			return inlined
 		else:
 			args = [ast.Str("rpc"), ast.Num(self.rm.rpc_map[func])]
-			args += [self.visit(arg) for arg in node.args]
+			args += new_args
 			return ast.Call(func=ast.Name("syscall", ast.Load()),
 				args=args, keywords=[], starargs=None, kwargs=None)
 
+	def visit_Expr(self, node):
+		if isinstance(node.value, ast.Call):
+			r = self.visit_Call(node.value)
+			if isinstance(r, list):
+				return r
+			else:
+				node.value = r
+				return node
+		else:
+			self.generic_visit(node)
+			return node
+
+	def visit_FunctionDef(self, node):
+		node.decorator_list = []
+		self.generic_visit(node)
+		return node
+
 class _ListReadOnlyParams(ast.NodeVisitor):
 	def visit_FunctionDef(self, node):
 		if hasattr(self, "read_only_params"):
@@ -182,8 +203,7 @@ def inline(k_function, k_args, k_kwargs, rm=None):
 	obj = k_args[0]
 	funcname = funcdef.name
 	rr = _ReferenceReplacer(rm, obj, funcname)
-	for stmt in funcdef.body:
-		rr.visit(stmt)
+	rr.visit(funcdef)
 
 	funcdef.body[0:0] = param_init