diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memrchr-c.c b/sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memrchr-c.c
index ef7bbbe792..20bfdf3af3 100644
--- a/sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memrchr-c.c
+++ b/sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memrchr-c.c
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ extern void *__memrchr_ia32 (const void *, int, size_t);
 #endif
 
 #include "string/memrchr.c"
+strong_alias (__memrchr_ia32, __GI___memrchr)
diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memrchr-sse2.S b/sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memrchr-sse2.S
index d9dae04171..e123f87435 100644
--- a/sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memrchr-sse2.S
+++ b/sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memrchr-sse2.S
@@ -720,5 +720,4 @@ L(ret_null):
 	ret
 
 END (__memrchr_sse2)
-strong_alias (__memrchr_sse2, __GI___memrchr)
 #endif