diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/cris/include/asm/Kbuild
index 74784882e220..1e7dfadb8371 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ header-y += arch-v32/
 generic-y += clkdev.h
 generic-y += exec.h
 generic-y += kvm_para.h
+generic-y += linkage.h
 generic-y += module.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/linkage.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/linkage.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 291c2d01c44f..000000000000
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/linkage.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __ASM_LINKAGE_H
-#define __ASM_LINKAGE_H
-
-/* Nothing to see here... */
-
-#endif