diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/setup.h
index e98909033e5b9e9b646d12024385c6f3ef9b46cc..2a0347af070219b0938717d2f73acb40ad48767a 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@
 #define MAXMEM_PFN	PFN_DOWN(MAXMEM)
 
 int tile_console_write(const char *buf, int count);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
 void early_panic(const char *fmt, ...);
+#else
+#define early_panic panic
+#endif
 
 /* Init-time routine to do tile-specific per-cpu setup. */
 void setup_cpu(int boot);