diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 73dcf804bc940e6738f5f0f553f3cf2045f78fd7..9896e547b94ec0120863700dc3dde914c93c5bb5 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@
 #endif
 
 #define __deprecated			__attribute__((deprecated))
-#define __packed			__attribute__((packed))
+#ifndef __packed
+# define __packed			__attribute__((packed))
+#endif
 #define __weak				__attribute__((weak))
 
 /*
@@ -73,8 +75,12 @@
  * would be.
  * [...]
  */
-#define __pure				__attribute__((pure))
-#define __aligned(x)			__attribute__((aligned(x)))
+#ifndef __pure
+# define __pure				__attribute__((pure))
+#endif
+#ifndef __aligned
+# define __aligned(x)			__attribute__((aligned(x)))
+#endif
 #define __printf(a,b)			__attribute__((format(printf,a,b)))
 #define  noinline			__attribute__((noinline))
 #define __attribute_const__		__attribute__((__const__))
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
index 94dea3ffbfa19576e2cd8bb59b56658465101b49..27d11ca7b08f398b68a372104748384248d0b1db 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 #define __used			__attribute__((__used__))
 #define __must_check 		__attribute__((warn_unused_result))
 #define __compiler_offsetof(a,b) __builtin_offsetof(a,b)
-#define __always_inline		inline __attribute__((always_inline))
+#ifndef __always_inline
+# define __always_inline		inline __attribute__((always_inline))
+#endif
 
 /*
  * A trick to suppress uninitialized variable warning without generating any