diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2f0beaa20ab9..3e77a183bfba 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 87c8a64475f0597b7fd9c36d2f867ae8ef4a9eca
+refs/heads/master: e17ba73b0ee6c0f24393c48b455e0d8db761782c
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
index 643fd861b724..ff9e7350da54 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static struct console simnow_console = {
 static struct console *early_console = &early_vga_console;
 static int early_console_initialized;
 
-void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
+asmlinkage void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	char buf[512];
 	int n;
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/kernel.h b/trunk/include/linux/kernel.h
index f2a668c195bf..4cb8d3df414e 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static inline bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies, \
 		{ return false; }
 #endif
 
-extern void __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)))
+extern void asmlinkage __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)))
 	early_printk(const char *fmt, ...);
 
 unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long);
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/printk.c b/trunk/kernel/printk.c
index 70cfa5ac75ce..de1a4f4470c3 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/printk.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 /*
  * Architectures can override it:
  */
-void __attribute__((weak)) early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
+void asmlinkage __attribute__((weak)) early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 }