diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index be9c278ee8..39859d323f 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ typedef volatile unsigned char	vu_char;
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #if defined(CONFIG_PCI) && (defined(CONFIG_4xx) && !defined(CONFIG_AP1000))
@@ -959,7 +958,7 @@ int cpu_release(int nr, int argc, char * const argv[]);
  */
 #define DEFINE_ALIGN_BUFFER(type, name, size, align)			\
 	static char __##name[roundup(size * sizeof(type), align)]	\
-			__aligned(align);				\
+			__attribute__((aligned(align)));				\
 									\
 	static type *name = (type *)__##name
 #define DEFINE_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER(type, name, size)			\