diff --git a/arch/avr32/cpu/cpu.c b/arch/avr32/cpu/cpu.c
index cef630ed45836b37d2b8ef548533349ae88f6c5a..cd226a6f71b384f757441098dc0708241e867453 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/cpu/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/cpu/cpu.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-int cpu_init(void)
+int arch_cpu_init(void)
 {
 	extern void _evba(void);
 
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/u-boot.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/u-boot.h
index 6aef8087490a2d9ab031062ea193eeb270082d61..2387f8af62b9a75c73ecb643799f4c90538e24ff 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/u-boot.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/u-boot.h
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ typedef struct bd_info {
 /* For image.h:image_check_target_arch() */
 #define IH_ARCH_DEFAULT IH_ARCH_AVR32
 
+int arch_cpu_init(void);
+
 #endif /* __ASM_U_BOOT_H__ */
diff --git a/arch/avr32/lib/board.c b/arch/avr32/lib/board.c
index 7d13ac534b835077eb46262ce32d5a776c65a3c5..95f95266f1272a8ffebfb16e269719d26c5b9efe 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/lib/board.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void board_init_f(ulong board_type)
 
 	/* Perform initialization sequence */
 	board_early_init_f();
-	cpu_init();
+	arch_cpu_init();
 	board_postclk_init();
 	env_init();
 	init_baudrate();