diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-intel.h b/include/linux/compiler-intel.h
index 5529c5239421..ba147a1727e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-intel.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-intel.h
@@ -13,12 +13,9 @@
 /* Intel ECC compiler doesn't support gcc specific asm stmts.
  * It uses intrinsics to do the equivalent things.
  */
-#undef barrier
 #undef RELOC_HIDE
 #undef OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR
 
-#define barrier() __memory_barrier()
-
 #define RELOC_HIDE(ptr, off)					\
   ({ unsigned long __ptr;					\
      __ptr = (unsigned long) (ptr);				\