diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/tegra/pinctrl-tegra-xusb.c b/drivers/pinctrl/tegra/pinctrl-tegra-xusb.c
index 6f68a9eebc58b..ebedc2d324115 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/tegra/pinctrl-tegra-xusb.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/tegra/pinctrl-tegra-xusb.c
@@ -873,6 +873,10 @@ static const struct of_device_id tegra_xusb_padctl_of_match[] = {
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, tegra_xusb_padctl_of_match);
 
+/* predeclare these in order to silence sparse */
+int tegra_xusb_padctl_legacy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev);
+int tegra_xusb_padctl_legacy_remove(struct platform_device *pdev);
+
 int tegra_xusb_padctl_legacy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct tegra_xusb_padctl *padctl;