diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
index 008e9c8b8eac0f2ff13edf8f0df7f21172dd6a90..dba7cf7656c75bd977e41bfcf64e03c619d4ff2d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ static uint64_t crashk_size, crashk_base;
 static int octeon_uart;
 
 extern asmlinkage void handle_int(void);
-extern asmlinkage void plat_irq_dispatch(void);
 
 /**
  * Return non zero if we are currently running in the Octeon simulator
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h
index ae1f7b24dd1a511daa15423dd8186cea9812009c..39f07aec640cf27b865d270e45f34fed6b547274 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ static inline int irq_canonicalize(int irq)
 #define irq_canonicalize(irq) (irq)	/* Sane hardware, sane code ... */
 #endif
 
+asmlinkage void plat_irq_dispatch(void);
+
 extern void do_IRQ(unsigned int irq);
 
 extern void arch_init_irq(void);