diff --git a/arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c b/arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c
index aa989c2246da94ee7383a5898cff67d4605d0fed..688be60c53857664e30f0a925a522ce0a61bd135 100644
--- a/arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c
+++ b/arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 #endif
 #define __mips 4
 
-extern struct mips_fpu_emulator_private fpuemuprivate;
-
-
 /*
  * Emulate the arbritrary instruction ir at xcp->cp0_epc.  Required when
  * we have to emulate the instruction in a COP1 branch delay slot.  Do
diff --git a/arch/mips/math-emu/kernel_linkage.c b/arch/mips/math-emu/kernel_linkage.c
index 4002f0cf79f3d443651761b54185b82ed5988c06..03d9a55600042282e530ab85023bf271618432d0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/math-emu/kernel_linkage.c
+++ b/arch/mips/math-emu/kernel_linkage.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/fpu_emulator.h>
 
-extern struct mips_fpu_emulator_private fpuemuprivate;
-
 #define SIGNALLING_NAN 0x7ff800007ff80000LL
 
 void fpu_emulator_init_fpu(void)
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/fpu_emulator.h b/include/asm-mips/fpu_emulator.h
index 46972ae2b95d0db644105a4659c0dcc96c628cbb..ea2fae10865f201444aef3d6fb561edf1628cb38 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/fpu_emulator.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/fpu_emulator.h
@@ -35,4 +35,6 @@ struct mips_fpu_emulator_private {
 	} stats;
 };
 
+extern struct mips_fpu_emulator_private fpuemuprivate;
+
 #endif /* _ASM_FPU_EMULATOR_H */