diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h
index 669c362a52a563ab6f7dfcf43188b8559644b69d..83165d5c9705fcc2f41eb501eb363b15e556aba3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN
 
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 /**
  * mips_cache_probe() - Probe the properties of the caches
  *
@@ -27,5 +28,6 @@
  * functions such as flush_cache may be called.
  */
 void mips_cache_probe(void);
+#endif
 
 #endif /* __MIPS_CACHE_H__ */