diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/linkage.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/linkage.h
index 5d98d0b68ffc8e08e07cf829ed15103f6fc09796..2ecf0f6fc9e6b3d561db2250714d5213236c6340 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/linkage.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/linkage.h
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
 
 #endif
 
+#define GLOBAL(name)	\
+	.globl name;	\
+	name:
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16
 #define __ALIGN .align 16,0x90
 #define __ALIGN_STR ".align 16,0x90"