diff --git a/src/PlaneWaveBasis.jl b/src/PlaneWaveBasis.jl
index 8b322c8002..f9b325e26b 100644
--- a/src/PlaneWaveBasis.jl
+++ b/src/PlaneWaveBasis.jl
@@ -400,7 +400,8 @@ Returns nothing if outside the range of valid wave vectors.
     end
 end
 
-function index_G_vectors(basis::PlaneWaveBasis, G::AbstractVector{<:Integer})
+# @inline is necessary here for the inner function to be inlined as well
+@inline function index_G_vectors(basis::PlaneWaveBasis, G::AbstractVector{<:Integer})
     index_G_vectors(basis.fft_size, G)
 end
 
diff --git a/src/common/cis2pi.jl b/src/common/cis2pi.jl
index a98596ad9a..178ddb21bc 100644
--- a/src/common/cis2pi.jl
+++ b/src/common/cis2pi.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 """Function to compute exp(2π i x)"""
 cis2pi(x) = cispi(2x)
+function cis2pi(x::T) where {T <: AbstractFloat}
+    # Special case when 2x is an integer, as exp(n*π*i) = +- 1. Saves expensive
+    # exponential evaluations when called repeatedly
+    if isinteger(2x)
+        return isodd(2x) ? -one(complex(T)) : one(complex(T))
+    else
+        return cispi(2x)
+    end
+end
 
 """Function to compute sin(2π x)"""
 sin2pi(x) = sinpi(2x)
diff --git a/test/symmetry_issues.jl b/test/symmetry_issues.jl
index e39926a733..9cdca2aa27 100644
--- a/test/symmetry_issues.jl
+++ b/test/symmetry_issues.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This file collects examples, where we had issues with symmetries (symmetry determination,
 # k-point reduction, etc.) which are now resolved. Should make sure we don't reintroduce bugs.
 
-@testitem "Symmetry issues" begin
+@testitem "Symmetry issues" setup=[TestCases] begin
     using DFTK
     using DFTK: spglib_dataset
     using Unitful
@@ -24,4 +24,51 @@
         @test length(symmetries) == 48
         @test spglib_dataset(system).spacegroup_number == 225
     end
+
+    @testset "Inlining" begin
+        # Test that the index_G_vectors function is properly inlined by comparing timing
+        # with a locally defined function known not to be inlined. Issue initially tackled
+        # in PR https://github.com/JuliaMolSim/DFTK.jl/pull/1025
+        function index_G_vectors_slow(basis, G::AbstractVector{<:Integer})
+            start = .- cld.(basis.fft_size .- 1, 2)
+            stop  = fld.(basis.fft_size .- 1, 2)
+            lengths = stop .- start .+ 1
+
+            # FFTs store wavevectors as [0 1 2 3 -2 -1] (example for N=5)
+            function G_to_index(length, G)
+                G >= 0 && return 1 + G
+                return 1 + length + G
+            end
+            if all(start .<= G .<= stop)
+                CartesianIndex(Tuple(G_to_index.(lengths, G)))
+            else
+                nothing  # Outside range of valid indices
+            end
+        end
+
+        # This is a bare-bone version of the accumulate_over_symmetries() function, only
+        # keeping calls to the index_G_vectors() function for which we test inlining
+        function G_vectors_calls(basis, test_func)
+            for symop in basis.symmetries
+                invS = Mat3{Int}(inv(symop.S))
+                for (ig, G) in enumerate(DFTK.G_vectors_generator(basis.fft_size))
+                    igired = test_func(basis, invS * G)
+                end
+            end
+        end
+
+        silicon = TestCases.silicon
+        Si = ElementPsp(silicon.atnum, load_psp("hgh/lda/si-q4"))
+        atoms = [Si, Si]
+        model = model_DFT(silicon.lattice, atoms, silicon.positions;
+                          functionals=[:lda_x, :lda_c_vwn])
+        Ecut = 32
+        kgrid = [1, 1, 1]
+        basis = PlaneWaveBasis(model; Ecut, kgrid)
+
+        actual_alloc = @allocated G_vectors_calls(basis, DFTK.index_G_vectors)
+        slow_alloc = @allocated G_vectors_calls(basis, index_G_vectors_slow)
+        @test slow_alloc > actual_alloc
+    end
 end
+