diff --git a/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg-local.h b/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg-local.h
index d8d4c898c1bb..70bef78912b7 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg-local.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg-local.h
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
 
-extern unsigned long wrong_size_cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr);
+extern unsigned long wrong_size_cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr)
+	__noreturn;
 
 /*
  * Generic version of __cmpxchg_local (disables interrupts). Takes an unsigned