diff --git a/board/cobra5272/flash.c b/board/cobra5272/flash.c
index 6f5874a6719d75d15f822311c8aecf5d86333d24..73cc2f2c10c1e563ef5e458e070b2a01f9ac895b 100644
--- a/board/cobra5272/flash.c
+++ b/board/cobra5272/flash.c
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@ int flash_erase (flash_info_t * info, int s_first, int s_last)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-
-volatile static int write_word (flash_info_t * info, ulong dest, ulong data)
+static int write_word (flash_info_t * info, ulong dest, ulong data)
 {
 	volatile u16 *addr = (volatile u16 *) dest;
 	ulong result;
diff --git a/board/m5272c3/flash.c b/board/m5272c3/flash.c
index fb918435c81a4f305d770b0ea606ecbb1792a05b..f156342291a832490ac59639a4d0aec5a3b68569 100644
--- a/board/m5272c3/flash.c
+++ b/board/m5272c3/flash.c
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@ int flash_erase (flash_info_t * info, int s_first, int s_last)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-
-volatile static int write_word (flash_info_t * info, ulong dest, ulong data)
+static int write_word (flash_info_t * info, ulong dest, ulong data)
 {
 	volatile u16 *addr = (volatile u16 *) dest;
 	ulong result;
diff --git a/board/m5282evb/flash.c b/board/m5282evb/flash.c
index ff70783bda167ab153040fb6fa42fbe19619f108..95f35ad84f9b71a3fac76439e718785ca6b5a6c6 100644
--- a/board/m5282evb/flash.c
+++ b/board/m5282evb/flash.c
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@ int flash_erase (flash_info_t * info, int s_first, int s_last)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-
-volatile static int write_word (flash_info_t * info, ulong dest, ulong data)
+static int write_word (flash_info_t * info, ulong dest, ulong data)
 {
 	volatile u16 *addr = (volatile u16 *) dest;
 	ulong result;
diff --git a/board/smdk2400/flash.c b/board/smdk2400/flash.c
index a108af7c7296864a1e3bf23ff0928886a694e4c0..fd9992d366ad8be73fef38cece2741da35f414cb 100644
--- a/board/smdk2400/flash.c
+++ b/board/smdk2400/flash.c
@@ -353,8 +353,7 @@ outahere:
  * Copy memory to flash
  */
 
-volatile static int write_word (flash_info_t * info, ulong dest,
-								ulong data)
+static int write_word (flash_info_t * info, ulong dest, ulong data)
 {
 	vu_long *addr = (vu_long *) dest;
 	ulong result;
diff --git a/board/trab/flash.c b/board/trab/flash.c
index b4435e390f42040e51252057828f6cb25ad58be1..8cdd82400bba2b49b2314d14489fa328f97e4c9f 100644
--- a/board/trab/flash.c
+++ b/board/trab/flash.c
@@ -308,8 +308,7 @@ outahere:
  * Copy memory to flash
  */
 
-volatile static int write_word (flash_info_t * info, ulong dest,
-								ulong data)
+static int write_word (flash_info_t * info, ulong dest, ulong data)
 {
 	vu_long *addr = (vu_long *) dest;
 	ulong result;