diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c b/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c
index 669ffd4f98e5f4e193f4b611e170973c9be4e319..d904d73f7cabd27614cd55eb44de10a33b38449f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c
@@ -968,6 +968,11 @@ static int __init n_hdlc_init(void)
 	
 }	/* end of init_module() */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARC
+#undef __exitdata
+#define __exitdata
+#endif
+
 static const char hdlc_unregister_ok[] __exitdata =
 	KERN_INFO "N_HDLC: line discipline unregistered\n";
 static const char hdlc_unregister_fail[] __exitdata =