diff --git a/include/asm-arm/arch-iop13xx/uncompress.h b/include/asm-arm/arch-iop13xx/uncompress.h
index b9525d59b7ad..dd9c2934190e 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/arch-iop13xx/uncompress.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/arch-iop13xx/uncompress.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include <asm/types.h>
 #include <linux/serial_reg.h>
 #include <asm/hardware.h>
-#include <asm/processor.h>
 
 #define UART_BASE ((volatile u32 *)IOP13XX_UART1_PHYS)
 #define TX_DONE (UART_LSR_TEMT | UART_LSR_THRE)
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@
 static inline void putc(char c)
 {
 	while ((UART_BASE[UART_LSR] & TX_DONE) != TX_DONE)
-		cpu_relax();
+		barrier();
 	UART_BASE[UART_TX] = c;
 }