diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/smp.h
index da7dcd7edf8e1644d698f895ceeb74cc0560f422..b64f15c3b4cc739a13e76ec3c1287328315ecb74 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ extern int smp_vcpu_scheduled(int cpu);
 extern void smp_yield_cpu(int cpu);
 extern void smp_yield(void);
 extern void smp_stop_cpu(void);
+extern void smp_cpu_set_polarization(int cpu, int val);
+extern int smp_cpu_get_polarization(int cpu);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/topology.h
index 1e6c446e67e100c1afd3e3b4590dab24b7b24eb9..9ca30538376001ffe6b07e9cac9db311707e195f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -51,24 +51,6 @@ static inline void topology_expect_change(void) { }
 #define POLARIZATION_VM		(2)
 #define POLARIZATION_VH		(3)
 
-extern int cpu_polarization[];
-
-static inline void cpu_set_polarization(int cpu, int val)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK
-	cpu_polarization[cpu] = val;
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline int cpu_read_polarization(int cpu)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK
-	return cpu_polarization[cpu];
-#else
-	return POLARIZATION_HRZ;
-#endif
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_BOOK
 void s390_init_cpu_topology(void);
 #else
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
index c88fe8569e62e35f8db5550f71b16e8227ca0224..8676aab6ea6aa4c8c02bc5769c09ca95d7854721 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct pcpu {
 	unsigned long panic_stack;	/* panic stack for the cpu */
 	unsigned long ec_mask;		/* bit mask for ec_xxx functions */
 	int state;			/* physical cpu state */
+	int polarization;		/* physical polarization */
 	u16 address;			/* physical cpu address */
 };
 
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ static u8 boot_cpu_type;
 static u16 boot_cpu_address;
 static struct pcpu pcpu_devices[NR_CPUS];
 
+/*
+ * The smp_cpu_state_mutex must be held when changing the state or polarization
+ * member of a pcpu data structure within the pcpu_devices arreay.
+ */
 DEFINE_MUTEX(smp_cpu_state_mutex);
 
 /*
@@ -587,6 +592,16 @@ static inline void smp_get_save_area(int cpu, u16 address) { }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_ZFCPDUMP || CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP */
 
+void smp_cpu_set_polarization(int cpu, int val)
+{
+	pcpu_devices[cpu].polarization = val;
+}
+
+int smp_cpu_get_polarization(int cpu)
+{
+	return pcpu_devices[cpu].polarization;
+}
+
 static struct sclp_cpu_info *smp_get_cpu_info(void)
 {
 	static int use_sigp_detection;
@@ -629,7 +644,7 @@ static int __devinit __smp_rescan_cpus(struct sclp_cpu_info *info,
 		pcpu->address = info->cpu[i].address;
 		pcpu->state = (cpu >= info->configured) ?
 			CPU_STATE_STANDBY : CPU_STATE_CONFIGURED;
-		cpu_set_polarization(cpu, POLARIZATION_UNKNOWN);
+		smp_cpu_set_polarization(cpu, POLARIZATION_UNKNOWN);
 		set_cpu_present(cpu, true);
 		if (sysfs_add && smp_add_present_cpu(cpu) != 0)
 			set_cpu_present(cpu, false);
@@ -797,7 +812,7 @@ void __init smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 	pcpu->async_stack = S390_lowcore.async_stack - ASYNC_SIZE;
 	pcpu->panic_stack = S390_lowcore.panic_stack - PAGE_SIZE;
 	S390_lowcore.percpu_offset = __per_cpu_offset[0];
-	cpu_set_polarization(0, POLARIZATION_UNKNOWN);
+	smp_cpu_set_polarization(0, POLARIZATION_UNKNOWN);
 	set_cpu_present(0, true);
 	set_cpu_online(0, true);
 }
@@ -863,7 +878,7 @@ static ssize_t cpu_configure_store(struct device *dev,
 		if (rc)
 			break;
 		pcpu->state = CPU_STATE_STANDBY;
-		cpu_set_polarization(cpu, POLARIZATION_UNKNOWN);
+		smp_cpu_set_polarization(cpu, POLARIZATION_UNKNOWN);
 		topology_expect_change();
 		break;
 	case 1:
@@ -873,7 +888,7 @@ static ssize_t cpu_configure_store(struct device *dev,
 		if (rc)
 			break;
 		pcpu->state = CPU_STATE_CONFIGURED;
-		cpu_set_polarization(cpu, POLARIZATION_UNKNOWN);
+		smp_cpu_set_polarization(cpu, POLARIZATION_UNKNOWN);
 		topology_expect_change();
 		break;
 	default:
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c b/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
index 80ca4ba759f65fdd3e42b019ae88d3adec91cd58..30c8533b8d4e0930debf730c669d1791c47baec6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ static struct mask_info book_info;
 cpumask_t cpu_book_map[NR_CPUS];
 unsigned char cpu_book_id[NR_CPUS];
 
-/* smp_cpu_state_mutex must be held when accessing this array */
-int cpu_polarization[NR_CPUS];
-
 static cpumask_t cpu_group_map(struct mask_info *info, unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	cpumask_t mask;
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ static struct mask_info *add_cpus_to_mask(struct topology_cpu *tl_cpu,
 			} else {
 				cpu_core_id[lcpu] = core->id;
 			}
-			cpu_set_polarization(lcpu, tl_cpu->pp);
+			smp_cpu_set_polarization(lcpu, tl_cpu->pp);
 		}
 	}
 	return core;
@@ -202,7 +199,7 @@ static void topology_update_polarization_simple(void)
 
 	mutex_lock(&smp_cpu_state_mutex);
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
-		cpu_set_polarization(cpu, POLARIZATION_HRZ);
+		smp_cpu_set_polarization(cpu, POLARIZATION_HRZ);
 	mutex_unlock(&smp_cpu_state_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -232,7 +229,7 @@ int topology_set_cpu_management(int fc)
 	if (rc)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
-		cpu_set_polarization(cpu, POLARIZATION_UNKNOWN);
+		smp_cpu_set_polarization(cpu, POLARIZATION_UNKNOWN);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -414,7 +411,7 @@ static ssize_t cpu_polarization_show(struct device *dev,
 	ssize_t count;
 
 	mutex_lock(&smp_cpu_state_mutex);
-	switch (cpu_read_polarization(cpu)) {
+	switch (smp_cpu_get_polarization(cpu)) {
 	case POLARIZATION_HRZ:
 		count = sprintf(buf, "horizontal\n");
 		break;