diff --git a/include/asm-i386/page.h b/include/asm-i386/page.h
index f5bf544c729a..5a70501291d6 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/page.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/page.h
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ extern int page_is_ram(unsigned long pagenr);
 #define VMALLOC_RESERVE		((unsigned long)__VMALLOC_RESERVE)
 #define MAXMEM			(-__PAGE_OFFSET-__VMALLOC_RESERVE)
 #define __pa(x)			((unsigned long)(x)-PAGE_OFFSET)
+/* __pa_symbol should be used for C visible symbols.
+   This seems to be the official gcc blessed way to do such arithmetic. */
+#define __pa_symbol(x)          __pa(RELOC_HIDE((unsigned long)(x),0))
 #define __va(x)			((void *)((unsigned long)(x)+PAGE_OFFSET))
 #define pfn_to_kaddr(pfn)      __va((pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT)
 #ifdef CONFIG_FLATMEM