diff --git a/include/asm-mips/sn/arch.h b/include/asm-mips/sn/arch.h
index 51174af6ac5213608f3f85a0ecc90749adabe421..da523de628be98302df8d306f7ddf3666a6907dd 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/sn/arch.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/sn/arch.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #endif
 
 typedef u64	hubreg_t;
-typedef u64	nic_t;
 
 #define cputonasid(cpu)			(cpu_data[(cpu)].p_nasid)
 #define cputoslice(cpu)			(cpu_data[(cpu)].p_slice)
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/sn/klconfig.h b/include/asm-mips/sn/klconfig.h
index 15d70ca561870cb9d48db00c7183b9377df0ee0a..82aeb9e322db9bde8a223a9c4ac30ba05478c308 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/sn/klconfig.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/sn/klconfig.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_SGI_IP35 */
 #endif /* CONFIG_SGI_IP27 || CONFIG_SGI_IP35 */
 
+typedef u64  nic_t;
+
 #define KLCFGINFO_MAGIC	0xbeedbabe
 
 typedef s32 klconf_off_t;