diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 57cbaff1f397..42506b371b74 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/sclp.h>
 #include <asm/ipl.h>
 #include "sizes.h"
 
@@ -63,8 +64,6 @@ static unsigned long free_mem_end_ptr;
 #include "../../../../lib/decompress_unxz.c"
 #endif
 
-extern _sclp_print_early(const char *);
-
 static int puts(const char *s)
 {
 	_sclp_print_early(s);
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/sclp.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/sclp.h
index 1aba89b53cb9..b6f8066789c1 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/sclp.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/sclp.h
@@ -68,4 +68,6 @@ void sclp_early_detect(void);
 int sclp_has_siif(void);
 unsigned int sclp_get_ibc(void);
 
+long _sclp_print_early(const char *);
+
 #endif /* _ASM_S390_SCLP_H */