diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 8322141ee480..98115d9d04da 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
 # error Sorry, your compiler is too old/not recognized.
 #endif
 
+#define notrace __attribute__((no_instrument_function))
+
 /* Intel compiler defines __GNUC__. So we will overwrite implementations
  * coming from above header files here
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h
index 56ba37394656..9fd1f859021b 100644
--- a/include/linux/linkage.h
+++ b/include/linux/linkage.h
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <asm/linkage.h>
 
-#define notrace __attribute__((no_instrument_function))
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 #define CPP_ASMLINKAGE extern "C"
 #else