diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/prom.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/prom.h
index 8b1ebd39971a5b84427b042de5e4a6fe5930bc80..aa1a437ac87df367e6f58e19ed379a03f457970e 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/prom.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/prom.h
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
-extern struct device_node *of_chosen;
-
 #define HAVE_ARCH_DEVTREE_FIXUPS
 
 /* Other Prototypes */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c
index a7dcaf0922007cea91afc7e3a47135430487f771..a15ef6d67ca92e037628f1c9808db4f5cd55e5ad 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/pci-bridge.h>
 
-/* export that to outside world */
-struct device_node *of_chosen;
-
 void __init early_init_dt_scan_chosen_arch(unsigned long node)
 {
 	/* No Microblaze specific code here */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h
index 4a5070edb4d3d01555531cc674d4781c42094a7d..7f9a50aab157e81ec95c98dfac272388ce38588a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
-extern struct device_node *of_chosen;
-
 #define HAVE_ARCH_DEVTREE_FIXUPS
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 4869c937b6cf22949ef27ba965640fe84ed623fe..43238b2054b68735a678d0bef885bf193b530fa9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ int __initdata iommu_force_on;
 unsigned long tce_alloc_start, tce_alloc_end;
 #endif
 
-/* export that to outside world */
-struct device_node *of_chosen;
-
 static int __init early_parse_mem(char *p)
 {
 	if (!p)
diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 873479a21c804f75c6b3c6a0e2e8d2353ed6af2c..cb96888d142785c4f9ea82f19e1de26ffcd448c7 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 
 struct device_node *allnodes;
+struct device_node *of_chosen;
 
 /* use when traversing tree through the allnext, child, sibling,
  * or parent members of struct device_node.
diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index 5cd284002bf158406ffe169b6ec5d237f6b86641..d34cc5d9d81ec2fd4ddc21ab59e02560548cf742 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct device_node {
 
 /* Pointer for first entry in chain of all nodes. */
 extern struct device_node *allnodes;
+extern struct device_node *of_chosen;
 
 static inline int of_node_check_flag(struct device_node *n, unsigned long flag)
 {