diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/traps.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/traps.h
index 6fa47cd8e02d..fc63217232a4 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/traps.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/traps.h
@@ -39,8 +39,22 @@ struct exc_table {
  *  void (*)(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long exccause);
  */
 extern void * __init trap_set_handler(int cause, void *handler);
-extern void do_unhandled(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long exccause);
-void fast_second_level_miss(void);
+
+asmlinkage void fast_illegal_instruction_user(void);
+asmlinkage void fast_syscall_user(void);
+asmlinkage void fast_alloca(void);
+asmlinkage void fast_unaligned(void);
+asmlinkage void fast_second_level_miss(void);
+asmlinkage void fast_store_prohibited(void);
+asmlinkage void fast_coprocessor(void);
+
+asmlinkage void kernel_exception(void);
+asmlinkage void user_exception(void);
+asmlinkage void system_call(struct pt_regs *regs);
+
+void do_IRQ(int hwirq, struct pt_regs *regs);
+void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs);
+void do_unhandled(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long exccause);
 
 /* Initialize minimal exc_table structure sufficient for basic paging */
 static inline void __init early_trap_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/traps.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/traps.c
index 515719c7e750..b6bb5911ec7f 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/traps.c
@@ -48,25 +48,16 @@
  * Machine specific interrupt handlers
  */
 
-extern void kernel_exception(void);
-extern void user_exception(void);
-
-extern void fast_illegal_instruction_user(void);
-extern void fast_syscall_user(void);
-extern void fast_alloca(void);
-extern void fast_unaligned(void);
-extern void fast_second_level_miss(void);
-extern void fast_store_prohibited(void);
-extern void fast_coprocessor(void);
-
-extern void do_illegal_instruction (struct pt_regs*);
-extern void do_interrupt (struct pt_regs*);
-extern void do_nmi(struct pt_regs *);
-extern void do_unaligned_user (struct pt_regs*);
-extern void do_multihit (struct pt_regs*, unsigned long);
-extern void do_page_fault (struct pt_regs*, unsigned long);
-extern void do_debug (struct pt_regs*);
-extern void system_call (struct pt_regs*);
+static void do_illegal_instruction(struct pt_regs *regs);
+static void do_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs);
+#if XTENSA_FAKE_NMI
+static void do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs);
+#endif
+#if XCHAL_UNALIGNED_LOAD_EXCEPTION || XCHAL_UNALIGNED_STORE_EXCEPTION
+static void do_unaligned_user(struct pt_regs *regs);
+#endif
+static void do_multihit(struct pt_regs *regs);
+static void do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
 /*
  * The vector table must be preceded by a save area (which
@@ -197,7 +188,7 @@ void do_unhandled(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long exccause)
  * Multi-hit exception. This if fatal!
  */
 
-void do_multihit(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long exccause)
+static void do_multihit(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	die("Caught multihit exception", regs, SIGKILL);
 }
@@ -206,8 +197,6 @@ void do_multihit(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long exccause)
  * IRQ handler.
  */
 
-extern void do_IRQ(int, struct pt_regs *);
-
 #if XTENSA_FAKE_NMI
 
 #define IS_POW2(v) (((v) & ((v) - 1)) == 0)
@@ -240,7 +229,7 @@ irqreturn_t xtensa_pmu_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id);
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, nmi_count);
 
-void do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
+static void do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs);
 
@@ -253,7 +242,7 @@ void do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
 }
 #endif
 
-void do_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
+static void do_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	static const unsigned int_level_mask[] = {
 		0,
@@ -303,8 +292,7 @@ void do_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
  * Illegal instruction. Fatal if in kernel space.
  */
 
-void
-do_illegal_instruction(struct pt_regs *regs)
+static void do_illegal_instruction(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	__die_if_kernel("Illegal instruction in kernel", regs, SIGKILL);
 
@@ -324,8 +312,7 @@ do_illegal_instruction(struct pt_regs *regs)
  */
 
 #if XCHAL_UNALIGNED_LOAD_EXCEPTION || XCHAL_UNALIGNED_STORE_EXCEPTION
-void
-do_unaligned_user (struct pt_regs *regs)
+static void do_unaligned_user(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	__die_if_kernel("Unhandled unaligned exception in kernel",
 			regs, SIGKILL);
@@ -346,8 +333,7 @@ do_unaligned_user (struct pt_regs *regs)
  * breakpoint structures to debug registers intact, so that
  * DEBUGCAUSE.DBNUM could be used in case of data breakpoint hit.
  */
-void
-do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs)
+static void do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
 	int ret = check_hw_breakpoint(regs);