diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/uclinux.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/uclinux.c
index f56d0aa4404b..c1af83db5202 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/uclinux.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/uclinux.c
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 #define MAP_NAME "ram"
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Blackfin uses uclinux_ram_map during startup, so it must not be static.
+ * Provide a dummy declaration to make sparse happy.
+ */
+extern struct map_info uclinux_ram_map;
+
 struct map_info uclinux_ram_map = {
 	.name = MAP_NAME,
 	.size = 0,