diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c
index f9e0ae936d1a..112913896844 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
-extern void die_if_kernel(char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
+extern void die_if_kernel(char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err);
 
 #undef DEBUG_UNALIGNED_TRAP