diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/global_data.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/global_data.h
index e25b966feb..f0242f1ad6 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 #ifndef	__ASM_ARC_GLOBAL_DATA_H
 #define __ASM_ARC_GLOBAL_DATA_H
 
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 /* Architecture-specific global data */
 struct arch_global_data {
 };
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #include <asm-generic/global_data.h>