diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 01f42b02e26c..8894e9ffbb57 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -59,12 +59,8 @@ static inline int is_in_rom(unsigned long addr)
 #ifndef CONFIG_ACCESS_CHECK
 static inline int _access_ok(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size) { return 1; }
 #else
-#ifdef CONFIG_ACCESS_OK_L1
-extern int _access_ok(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)__attribute__((l1_text));
-#else
 extern int _access_ok(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size);
 #endif
-#endif
 
 /*
  * The exception table consists of pairs of addresses: the first is the
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
index e040e03335ea..30d0843ed701 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ void finish_atomic_sections (struct pt_regs *regs)
 }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_ACCESS_CHECK)
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACCESS_OK_L1
+__attribute__((l1_text))
+#endif
 /* Return 1 if access to memory range is OK, 0 otherwise */
 int _access_ok(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
 {