diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu.h
index d2035e16502a7d98cfe3e015f9855da2617308f2..e71b49156c0c6ed2f412b998f8b17dfbd2085bd0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu.h
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@
 
 #define FPIR_IMP_NONE		0x0000
 
+#if !defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
+
 enum cpu_type_enum {
 	CPU_UNKNOWN,
 
@@ -301,6 +303,7 @@ enum cpu_type_enum {
 	CPU_LAST
 };
 
+#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY */
 
 /*
  * ISA Level encodings