diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 3580d57ea21841285bc687d928f39268a325edc1..79e9bdbfc491a29521939aa2747862fc491c6d6d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS = $(subst -pg, , $(ORIG_CFLAGS))
 endif
 
 ccflags-y := -fpic -mno-single-pic-base -fno-builtin -I$(obj)
-asflags-y := -Wa,-march=all -DZIMAGE
+asflags-y := -DZIMAGE
 
 # Supply kernel BSS size to the decompressor via a linker symbol.
 KBSS_SZ = $(shell $(CROSS_COMPILE)size $(obj)/../../../../vmlinux | \
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-sa1100.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-sa1100.S
index 6179d94dd5c665a634e5e2913a916c96c9652c84..3115e313d9f65a31ad746b7d8d282741a5b1f765 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-sa1100.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-sa1100.S
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <asm/mach-types.h>
 
 		.section        ".start", "ax"
+		.arch	armv4
 
 __SA1100_start:
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-shark.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-shark.S
index 089c560e07f13947ed68ab446edcc9de40c30604..92b56897ed64014037b48eb0e677bb633d646be1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-shark.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-shark.S
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 	
 		.section	".start", "ax"
 
+		.arch armv4
 		b	__beginning
 	
 __ofw_data:	.long	0				@ the number of memory blocks
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index fe4d9c3ad761c8dfaadce6e214d709417947f396..693855995407b3a302227cb079f6373064759ee6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <asm/assembler.h>
 
+	.arch	armv7-a
 /*
  * Debugging stuff
  *