diff --git a/include/asm-xtensa/pgtable.h b/include/asm-xtensa/pgtable.h
index c8b024a..8014d96 100644
--- a/include/asm-xtensa/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-xtensa/pgtable.h
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@
 static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte) { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte) { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)  { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE; }
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte) { return 0; }
+
 static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)	
 	{ pte_val(pte) &= ~(_PAGE_WRITABLE | _PAGE_HW_WRITE); return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkclean(pte_t pte)
@@ -222,6 +224,8 @@
 	{ pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_ACCESSED; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkwrite(pte_t pte)
 	{ pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_WRITABLE; return pte; }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)
+	{ return pte; }
 
 /*
  * Conversion functions: convert a page and protection to a page entry,