diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/board-gpr.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/board-gpr.c
index cb0f6afb73894ef16019b7a53861330a49d72d27..9edc35ff8cf1420e9576f195f92658e71517c073 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/board-gpr.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/board-gpr.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
 #include <linux/i2c-gpio.h>
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/reboot.h>
 #include <asm/mach-au1x00/au1000.h>
 #include <prom.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/common/time.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/common/time.c
index 38afb11ba2c4605e5c370f979eba3bc86a97621b..93fa586d52e2d480d6157cc0fcffdf962cad6534 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/common/time.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/common/time.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>
 #include <asm/mach-au1x00/au1000.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/setup.c b/arch/mips/ath79/setup.c
index a0233a2c198812980405dc05e117de444413552e..8be4e856b8b8942e903c286c2004fb46c4d0df9d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath79/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/setup.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>		/* for mips_hpt_frequency */
 #include <asm/reboot.h>		/* for _machine_{restart,halt} */
 #include <asm/mips_machine.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/cobalt/reset.c b/arch/mips/cobalt/reset.c
index 516b4428df4ecd3ac5b45a6397f8ffe4a2e070c1..4eedd481dd007bba3b25bfd733fca34cbe895730 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cobalt/reset.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cobalt/reset.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/leds.h>
 
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
 #include <cobalt.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/idle.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/idle.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b26ac5c854e54876c5d625d7ffca9cb8d10c158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/idle.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#ifndef __ASM_IDLE_H
+#define __ASM_IDLE_H
+
+#include <linux/linkage.h>
+
+extern void (*cpu_wait)(void);
+extern asmlinkage void r4k_wait(void);
+extern void r4k_wait_irqoff(void);
+extern void __pastwait(void);
+
+#endif /* __ASM_IDLE_H  */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
index 71686c897deaa2651bbb5808ae4192f57ea1f54f..1470b7b68b0e98996d271b25b86584fb6f3261a5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 /*
  * System setup and hardware flags..
  */
-extern void (*cpu_wait)(void);
 
 extern unsigned int vced_count, vcei_count;
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/idle.c b/arch/mips/kernel/idle.c
index 1f85dda03df456ea598dedcef7c7f6147620254a..985cc02786e3d7ab3d49a4305502487fe0d46ca4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/idle.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/idle.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/cpu-info.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/mipsregs.h>
 
 /*
@@ -44,8 +45,6 @@ static void r39xx_wait(void)
 	local_irq_enable();
 }
 
-extern void r4k_wait(void);
-
 /*
  * This variant is preferable as it allows testing need_resched and going to
  * sleep depending on the outcome atomically.  Unfortunately the "It is
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c b/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
index a3e461408b7e830758d3b3dfeed661573277131e..acb34373679e21f9940f62f251e64dc1e32e5f17 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/cpu-features.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/mipsregs.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
index c17619fe18e32a9f23a5df7e18b0b943b5d0cf2c..6e7862ab46cc4a6fef3c31e1ade85e04b357824f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/r4k-timer.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c
index 7186222dc5bb285a4ff74a23a5851dd03b9356c1..46303bc61364d976104c530960c82ac9efe7ed92 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <asm/hardirq.h>
 #include <asm/hazards.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/mipsregs.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
@@ -858,7 +859,6 @@ void smtc_send_ipi(int cpu, int type, unsigned int action)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int mtflags;
 	unsigned long tcrestart;
-	extern void r4k_wait_irqoff(void), __pastwait(void);
 	int set_resched_flag = (type == LINUX_SMP_IPI &&
 				action == SMP_RESCHEDULE_YOURSELF);
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
index cb14db3c57646e22a467e092059d4f084538f447..c6da4a905b98b1c5748c633dcf7d28d8c9fa187b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <asm/dsp.h>
 #include <asm/fpu.h>
 #include <asm/fpu_emulator.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/mipsregs.h>
 #include <asm/mipsmtregs.h>
 #include <asm/module.h>
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@
 #include <asm/uasm.h>
 
 extern void check_wait(void);
-extern asmlinkage void r4k_wait(void);
 extern asmlinkage void rollback_handle_int(void);
 extern asmlinkage void handle_int(void);
 extern u32 handle_tlbl[];
diff --git a/arch/mips/loongson/common/reset.c b/arch/mips/loongson/common/reset.c
index 35c8c64684941603f29c072478fd42b7401a7be8..65bfbb5d06f442efbd6601600097f94124cc171c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/loongson/common/reset.c
+++ b/arch/mips/loongson/common/reset.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/pm.h>
 
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/reboot.h>
 
 #include <loongson.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/loongson1/common/reset.c b/arch/mips/loongson1/common/reset.c
index d4f610f9604a27296a685ea1455bbd18717b48be..547f34b69e4c06a471032ab588b8391e62f0cc39 100644
--- a/arch/mips/loongson1/common/reset.c
+++ b/arch/mips/loongson1/common/reset.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/pm.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/reboot.h>
 
 #include <loongson1.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/setup.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/setup.c
index af319143b59187a4918805f737e2dcdb480845e7..eaa99d28cb8eddbf1fe0311740f22054bb4e15ad 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/setup.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/pm.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/reboot.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/setup.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/setup.c
index e3e094100e3e51f2ea879431f85a9512d84e22a4..89c8c1066632b5f2800c1a4f2ecaef212ac890cf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlr/setup.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/serial_8250.h>
 #include <linux/pm.h>
 
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/reboot.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/pmcs-msp71xx/msp_setup.c b/arch/mips/pmcs-msp71xx/msp_setup.c
index 1651cfdbfe7b1303c03b629171190e8df013ad16..396b2967ad856bb974da6ff8055d27037cd9b654 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pmcs-msp71xx/msp_setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pmcs-msp71xx/msp_setup.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/r4kcache.h>
 #include <asm/reboot.h>
 #include <asm/smp-ops.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/txx9/generic/setup.c b/arch/mips/txx9/generic/setup.c
index 5364aabc21027951532bc5d0e7d97898344f701a..681e7f86c08000f29884ce369efafab86afe1b29 100644
--- a/arch/mips/txx9/generic/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/txx9/generic/setup.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>
 #include <asm/reboot.h>
 #include <asm/r4kcache.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/vr41xx/common/pmu.c b/arch/mips/vr41xx/common/pmu.c
index 70a3f90131d82af9d67bac9ff2d8d206812dde6b..d7f755833c3f43431b48f38b296da4df34d993e6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/vr41xx/common/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/mips/vr41xx/common/pmu.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/reboot.h>
diff --git a/arch/mips/wrppmc/reset.c b/arch/mips/wrppmc/reset.c
index cc5474b24f0657f6b51091d6f2779427a03d3e78..80beb188ed476ebb2775db8a89673bd1de95f631 100644
--- a/arch/mips/wrppmc/reset.c
+++ b/arch/mips/wrppmc/reset.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 #include <asm/mipsregs.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/loongson2_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/loongson2_cpufreq.c
index 868976d443a65769f6cf0ce7e4ebedc0666ca3bf..d53912768946b96c1c27b017dbaeb7a10e7c2feb 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/loongson2_cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/loongson2_cpufreq.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 
 #include <asm/clock.h>
+#include <asm/idle.h>
 
 #include <asm/mach-loongson/loongson.h>