2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c b/arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c
index 4307bde80a35..1036b515e20c 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/boot/bootpz.c
@@ -467,3 +467,9 @@ start_kernel(void)
 #endif
         runkernel();
 }
+
+ /* dummy function, should never be called. */
+void *__kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
+{
+        return (void *)NULL;
+}
diff --git a/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c b/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
index 67beb1b45e4f..96154e768a20 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/a.out.h>
 #include <linux/coff.h>
 #include <linux/param.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
 #ifdef __ELF__
 # include <linux/elf.h>
 #endif