diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/debug-macro.S b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/debug-macro.S
index 15b2b148a105c02fa74ba392c33f4eb0de1fc1a8..21e0f077268cd69e9e889e0004f4fabb7e6a6297 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/debug-macro.S
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/debug-macro.S
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  *
  */
+#define IMX_NEEDS_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MX1
 #include <mach/mx1.h>