diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index d4545a1852f267c6a6dfb92acd0771fe76e67eff..52ab539aefce1531937801000da457613a8de864 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ extern int nr_cpu_ids;
  *    only one CPU.
  */
 
-extern const struct cpumask *const cpu_possible_mask;
-extern const struct cpumask *const cpu_online_mask;
-extern const struct cpumask *const cpu_present_mask;
-extern const struct cpumask *const cpu_active_mask;
 extern struct cpumask __cpu_possible_mask;
 extern struct cpumask __cpu_online_mask;
 extern struct cpumask __cpu_present_mask;
 extern struct cpumask __cpu_active_mask;
+#define cpu_possible_mask ((const struct cpumask *)&__cpu_possible_mask)
+#define cpu_online_mask   ((const struct cpumask *)&__cpu_online_mask)
+#define cpu_present_mask  ((const struct cpumask *)&__cpu_present_mask)
+#define cpu_active_mask   ((const struct cpumask *)&__cpu_active_mask)
 
 #if NR_CPUS > 1
 #define num_online_cpus()	cpumask_weight(cpu_online_mask)
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index 35d1d45be8e91073a5960dd2d2093ae2c594db9f..8734fc74fcbc8d5d0294210e97d5f1ee149f4c5f 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -765,23 +765,15 @@ struct cpumask __cpu_possible_mask __read_mostly
 struct cpumask __cpu_possible_mask __read_mostly;
 #endif
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cpu_possible_mask);
-const struct cpumask *const cpu_possible_mask = &__cpu_possible_mask;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_possible_mask);
 
 struct cpumask __cpu_online_mask __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cpu_online_mask);
-const struct cpumask *const cpu_online_mask = &__cpu_online_mask;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_online_mask);
 
 struct cpumask __cpu_present_mask __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cpu_present_mask);
-const struct cpumask *const cpu_present_mask = &__cpu_present_mask;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_present_mask);
 
 struct cpumask __cpu_active_mask __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cpu_active_mask);
-const struct cpumask *const cpu_active_mask = &__cpu_active_mask;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_active_mask);
 
 void set_cpu_possible(unsigned int cpu, bool possible)
 {