diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/error.h b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/error.h
index 2e59dac07f9e051ad34e1061c3ae7b9a8e111480..d732e608e3af63e8f9f73210377509c24a56b38b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/error.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/error.h
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef BOOT_COMPRESSED_ERROR_H
 #define BOOT_COMPRESSED_ERROR_H
 
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+
 void warn(char *m);
-void error(char *m);
+void error(char *m) __noreturn;
 
 #endif /* BOOT_COMPRESSED_ERROR_H */