diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h
index d7618c41f74c7e5eb5cb707a5ec2b9da81ad451b..cfa97b11a4e21dbbe3e3591cd7193075f72619ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/linkage.h
+++ b/include/linux/linkage.h
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@
 #define ALIGN __ALIGN
 #define ALIGN_STR __ALIGN_STR
 
+#ifndef GLOBAL
+#define GLOBAL(name) \
+	.globl name ASM_NL \
+	name:
+#endif
+
 #ifndef ENTRY
 #define ENTRY(name) \
 	.globl name ASM_NL \