diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 162a78d39d..f4f371d463 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_ARCH)),i386)
 		/dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2"; fi}
 	OPTIMIZATION += ${shell if $(CC) -malign-functions=0 -malign-jumps=0 -S -o /dev/null -xc \
 		/dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "-malign-functions=0 -malign-jumps=0"; fi}
-	CFLAGS+=-pipe
+	CFLAGS+=-pipe -Dasmlinkage=__attribute__((regparm(0)))
 else
-	CFLAGS+=-pipe
+	CFLAGS+=-pipe -Dasmlinkage=
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(USE_LOG)),true)
diff --git a/udev.c b/udev.c
index eb21f75461..cc6ce10542 100644
--- a/udev.c
+++ b/udev.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void log_message(int level, const char *format, ...)
 }
 #endif
 
-__attribute__((regparm(0))) static void sig_handler(int signum)
+asmlinkage static void sig_handler(int signum)
 {
 	switch (signum) {
 		case SIGINT:
diff --git a/udevd.c b/udevd.c
index e0c5bf5c77..79de11248e 100644
--- a/udevd.c
+++ b/udevd.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ skip:
 	return;
 }
 
-__attribute__((regparm(0))) static void sig_handler(int signum)
+asmlinkage static void sig_handler(int signum)
 {
 	int rc;