diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h
index b163c5c40dbcf2bb7a156d8a04b4f88731c025d7..2119610b24f812fe1c80a6f806c679af11d56ab9 100644
--- a/include/linux/linkage.h
+++ b/include/linux/linkage.h
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@
  * protection to work (ie no more work that the compiler might
  * end up needing stack temporaries for).
  */
+/* Assembly files may be compiled with -traditional .. */
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 #ifndef asmlinkage_protect
 # define asmlinkage_protect(n, ret, args...)	do { } while (0)
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifndef __ALIGN
 #define __ALIGN		.align 4,0x90