diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/entry.S b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/entry.S
index 76c42d3b5e85..c13fa8da28c7 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/entry.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/entry.S
@@ -704,6 +704,9 @@ ENTRY(_system_call)
 	rts;
 ENDPROC(_system_call)
 
+/* Do not mark as ENTRY() to avoid error in assembler ...
+ * this symbol need not be global anyways, so ...
+ */
 _sys_trace:
 	call _syscall_trace;