diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreeUnpickler.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreeUnpickler.scala
index ce955cee96c3..57ce74ab8638 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreeUnpickler.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreeUnpickler.scala
@@ -729,8 +729,15 @@ class TreeUnpickler(reader: TastyReader,
       val localCtx = localContext(sym)
 
       def readRhs(implicit ctx: Context) =
-        if (nothingButMods(end)) EmptyTree
-        else readLater(end, rdr => ctx => rdr.readTerm()(ctx.retractMode(Mode.InSuperCall)))
+        if (nothingButMods(end))
+          EmptyTree
+        else if (sym.isInlinedMethod)
+          // The body of an inline method is stored in an annotation, so no need to unpickle it again
+          new Trees.Lazy[Tree] {
+            def complete(implicit ctx: Context) = typer.Inliner.bodyToInline(sym)
+          }
+        else
+          readLater(end, rdr => ctx => rdr.readTerm()(ctx.retractMode(Mode.InSuperCall)))
 
       def ValDef(tpt: Tree) =
         ta.assignType(untpd.ValDef(sym.name.asTermName, tpt, readRhs(localCtx)), sym)