diff --git a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
index 3497f14e4dea..7c0d7be176a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ $(obj)/realmode.elf: $(obj)/realmode.lds $(REALMODE_OBJS) FORCE
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_realmode.bin := -O binary
 
 targets += realmode.bin
-$(obj)/realmode.bin: $(obj)/realmode.elf $(obj)/realmode.relocs
+$(obj)/realmode.bin: $(obj)/realmode.elf $(obj)/realmode.relocs FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
+	@:
 
 quiet_cmd_relocs = RELOCS  $@
       cmd_relocs = arch/x86/tools/relocs --realmode $< > $@
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-intel.h b/include/linux/compiler-intel.h
index 5529c5239421..ba147a1727e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-intel.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-intel.h
@@ -13,12 +13,9 @@
 /* Intel ECC compiler doesn't support gcc specific asm stmts.
  * It uses intrinsics to do the equivalent things.
  */
-#undef barrier
 #undef RELOC_HIDE
 #undef OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR
 
-#define barrier() __memory_barrier()
-
 #define RELOC_HIDE(ptr, off)					\
   ({ unsigned long __ptr;					\
      __ptr = (unsigned long) (ptr);				\