diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arc/kernel/traps.c
index c927aa84e..2fb0cd39a 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -155,3 +155,11 @@ void do_insterror_or_kprobe(unsigned long address, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	insterror_is_error(address, regs);
 }
+
+/*
+ * abort() call generated by older gcc for __builtin_trap()
+ */
+void abort(void)
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__("trap_s  5\n");
+}