diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/linkage.h b/include/asm-parisc/linkage.h
index 7a09d911b53895eb5976ab96fd62d53989018d11..cdb470921ace299823c52470f5aa38acb05d5563 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/linkage.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/linkage.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
  * In parisc assembly a semicolon marks a comment while a
  * exclamation mark is used to seperate independend lines.
  */
+#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
+
 #define ENTRY(name) \
 	.export name !\
 	ALIGN !\
@@ -24,5 +26,6 @@
 	END(name)
 #endif
 
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif  /* __ASM_PARISC_LINKAGE_H */