diff --git a/apps/codecs/Tremor/mdct.c b/apps/codecs/Tremor/mdct.c
index 2e386174da..dce2a9d196 100644
--- a/apps/codecs/Tremor/mdct.c
+++ b/apps/codecs/Tremor/mdct.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "mdct_lookup.h"
 
 #if defined(CPU_ARM) && CONFIG_CPU != S3C2440
+/* C code is faster on S3C2440 */
 
 extern void mdct_butterfly_32(DATA_TYPE *x);
 extern void mdct_butterfly_generic_loop(DATA_TYPE *x1, DATA_TYPE *x2,
diff --git a/apps/codecs/Tremor/mdct_arm.S b/apps/codecs/Tremor/mdct_arm.S
index 495e6a17c9..275359db7e 100644
--- a/apps/codecs/Tremor/mdct_arm.S
+++ b/apps/codecs/Tremor/mdct_arm.S
@@ -16,12 +16,20 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.
  *
  ****************************************************************************/
+ 
+#include "config.h" 
+/* Codecs should not normally do this, but we need to check a macro, and
+ * codecs.h would confuse the assembler. */
 
 #define cPI3_8 (0x30fbc54d)
 #define cPI2_8 (0x5a82799a)
 #define cPI1_8 (0x7641af3d)
 
+#ifdef USE_IRAM
     .section    .icode,"ax",%progbits
+#else
+    .text
+#endif
     .align
 
     .global mdct_butterfly_32